On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 14:53 +0000, Joao Paulo Pires wrote: > Man pages - Each time I try get some help from man pages I get > disappointed. Wich is the proper way to learn some more from console? > If I call --help I just get confused. Am I dummy? I think the first > way to learn should be the man pages. Nope. man-pages are reference manuals, not user manuals nor "howtos" > I can imagine this is a basic need for a newbie. TIA, Joao. Get yourself a book on "sh" or "introduction to Unix" or similar. Ralf