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| Newer page: | version 16 | Last edited on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:33:15 pm | by DavidMurrell | Revert |
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* The [Linux] equivalent of MicrosoftWindows' <tt>ipconfig</tt> command is ifconfig(8).
+* The (8) in the above line refers to the manual page for ifconfig in manual section 8, accessible by typing <tt>man 8 ifconfig</tt>
+** Other man pages can be accessed by typing <tt>man command</tt> (See <tt>man man</tt> for the man manual)
+** Man pages are searchable, type <tt>man -k keyword</tt> to search the man pages containing that keyword. Think of it as a pre google, google search.
* Global system configuration files are in the <tt>/etc</tt> directory.
* Under [Debian]-based distributions (such as Debian Sarge, [Ubuntu], etc):
