Linux commands

[Brian Densmore]

There is also the "whatis" command in the bash shell which should give a
brief description of some programs and what they do. IIRC

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsobba at kcnet.com [mailto:rsobba at kcnet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 8:02 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Linux commands
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> Linux commands
> 
> With Windows XP I am able to type help at a command prompt and get a 
> listing of commands with a brief description. I am familiar 
> with man pages 
> and info but is there a similar command in Linux as help in XP?
> 
> Thank you 
> Rick
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