Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen;Ossama Othman
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Here's a breakdown of the man -k PostScript command line: man. The command name, tells the computer to look at the manual pages. These provide documentation for commands. For example, man whoami will give you documentation on the whoami command. -k. The option, changes the behavior of man. Normally man expects a command name, such as whoami, for an argument and looks for documentation of that command. But with the -k or -apropos option, it expects the argument to be a keyword. It then gives a list of all manual pages with that keyword in their description. PostScript. is the argument; because we used the -k option, it's the keyword to search for. -k and PostScript are both parameters. Go ahead and type man -k PostScript, and you will see a list of all the manual pages on your system that have something to do with PostScript. If you haven't installed much software, you might see the message PostScript: nothing appropriate instead. Describing the Command Line Note: You can skip this section if you want to move on. |
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