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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news-kar1.dfn.de!news-stu1.dfn.de!news-mue1.dfn.de!news-nue1.dfn.de!wuff.mayn.de!wuff.franken.de!altair.franken.de!token From: token@altair.franken.de (Matthias Buelow) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: 11 May 1997 01:32:32 GMT Organization: void * Lines: 29 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <5l37jg$87j$1@wuff.mayn.de> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: altair.franken.de Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:44767 comp.os.linux.misc:174518 comp.os.linux.x:61195 alt.os.linux:20974 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3175 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40704 gnu.misc.discuss:31177 comp.unix.solaris:106062 In article <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de>, Matthias Kopfermann <fk5a005@rzaix42.uni-hamburg.de> wrote: >characters. But it can also be inconvenient at times when you don't >know them all especially when no information about the abbreviation within >the manpages, the infopages or whatever is available. If you just want to know if programs exist for certain keywords or if you have forgotten a command, you can use man -k. >1) not every unix-willing person in the world knows each and every > abbreviation What do you exactly define as "abbreviations"? If you just want to get a hint about how the commands in /usr/bin got their name, a "whatis /usr/bin/*" often does the trick. For example whatis dd gives "convert and copy a file". There you got it where "dd" comes from, don't you? >(this message came from Hamburg/Germany and i am trembling while posting this > mail but i hope it does a good job) Don't drink so much coffee and get some sleep. ;-) -- --token *the daemon is free!*