On 02/03/2011 12:59 AM, Petrus de Calguarium wrote:
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The man page for bash is the worst one of all!
not really. using '/' to look for what you want to know about makes it
very informative. at least for me. maybe not for some who are not used
to man pages.
I use man all the time for all kinds of commands, but anything to
do with bash directs you to this bash page,
actually, only 6;
sh(1), ksh(1), csh(1), emacs(1), vi(1), readline(3)
of which, 'sh(1)' kicks back to 'man bash'. while ksh(1) and csh(1) do
have one hell of a lot more 'see also'.
first 4 'see also' are manuals and references for readings outside of man.
meaning you have to pore over hundreds of separate entries in the
vain hope of finding something relevant to your query.
only if i do not comprehend what i am reading in said man page.
--
peace out.
tc.hago,
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