[Tfug] Back to Debian again - Now What?

[Anthony Hess]

Also you may try man -k foo if you know what you want to do, but don't have
the command.  See below for an example.

Tony

On 7/4/02 9:23 PM, "Zardus@nbwrpg.com" <Zardus@nbwrpg.com> wrote:

>> IMHO the commands for Linux are esoteric for a MS
>> Windows user and a bit overwhelming. Before I can
>> convince anyone to go to Linux I have to become
>> comfortable with it. I don't want to start flame wars,
>> I just want information to do the job.
> 
> Man pages are your friends :-). Do a "man foo" to figure out what foo
> does.
> 

Welcome to Darwin!
[localhost:~] tony% man -k network
appleping(1)             - exercises the AppleTalk network by sending
packets to a named host
appletalk(8)             - enables you to configure and display AppleTalk
network interfaces
atlookup(1)              - looks up network-visible entities (NVEs)
registered on the AppleTalk network system
clnp(4)                  - Connectionless-Mode Network Protocol
ifconfig(8)              - configure network interface parameters
iftab(5)                 - network interface configuration file
ipnat(4)                 - Network Address Translation kernel interface
lo(4)                    - software loopback network interface
natd(8)                  - Network Address Translation Daemon
netgroup(5)              - defines network groups
netid(5)                 - YP network credential file
netinfo(5)               - network administrative information
netstat(1)               - show network status
networking(4)            - introduction to networking facilities
networks(5)              - network name data base
nmserver(8)              - Mach network server
ns(4)                    - Xerox Network Systems(tm) protocol family
nsip(4)                  - software network interface encapsulating NS
packets in IP packets
perlfaq9(1)              - Networking ($Revision: 1.1.1.4 $, f(CW$Date:
2000/03/31 05:12:17 $)
ping(8)                  - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
routed(8)                - network RIP and router discovery routing daemon
securenet(5)             - ypserv 8 configuration file for secure networks
slattach(8)              - attach serial lines as network interfaces
sliplogin(8)             - attach a serial line network interface
strip(4)                 - packet-mode network device driver for the
Metricom Ricochet radio
tcpdump(1)               - dump traffic on a network
tcpdump(8)               - dump traffic on a network
traceroute(8)            - print the route packets take to network host
tun(4)                   - Tunnel Network Interface