Re: alternatives to the 'man' command

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• Subject: Re: alternatives to the 'man' command
• From: Adam Lanier <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:21:01 -0500
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Duncan Lithgow wrote:
| sorry if i seem lazy - but isn't there an easier way to navigate the
| online manuals in my linux system?
|
| I'm new to it all and man seems like a pain to use for me.
|
| Duncan
|

Try 'info' instead of man.  Try 'info info' to get started.

Under Gnome you can also try 'yelp'.

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Adam Lanier
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