UNIX III: Help

• The most important thing to know about UNIX is that you can get help at anytime on any command by typing man (command name).

• man is short for manual page, and man (command name) will give a complete manual page for the command, including all command line options, related commands, and known bugs.

• apropos string will give a list of all commands whose short description contains the string "string".

• Further help is available from the Athena consultants by typing olc, your TAs by emailing or talking to them, the Internet ...

• How could you get addition help about the man command?