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--GlynWebster
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-__alias apropos='apropos | grep -v "(3)"'__ does the same job, and is a little easier to undo when you happen to be programming and want those entries back.. --zcat(1)
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__alias apropos='apropos | grep -v "(3)"'__ does the same job, and is a little easier to undo when you happen to be programming and want those entries back.. --[
zcat(1)]
True, but does ''anyone'' use man(1) to look up programming documention? --GlynWebster
All the time! Whenever I'm programming in [C] or [C++] (or occasionally [Python] and [Perl], if calling libc functions from there). What better way to refresh your memory of the correct order of arguments for memset(3), or to find out which header files you need to #include if you want to call the inet_addr(3) function? Sure beats getting out of the chair and finding a reference book :) --JohnMcPherson
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+Er, I'd be lost without man 2,3,4, 7 and 8! Hence why I'm constantly touching up their wiki pages (as I'm starting to try and use the wiki instead of man for these) -- Isomer
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-[1] This where Mandrake
and RedHat keep __makewhatis__. [YMMV].
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[1] This where [Mandriva]
and RedHat keep __makewhatis__. [YMMV].
