
How can I get help on terminal commands? - Ask Ubuntu
Jan 4, 2018 · 7 What is a tutorial and how can I find a useful one When you have some experience of linux, the man pages, info pages and help options are very useful. But in the beginning, they can be …
What is the bash command: `command`? - Ask Ubuntu
The command command has no manual entry but help displays as follows: $ help command command: command [-pVv] command [arg ...] Execute a simple command or display information about …
command line - How to unzip a zip file from the Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
Oct 13, 2017 · Just downloaded a .zip file from the internet. I want to use the terminal to unzip the file. What is the correct way to do this?
command line - How do I save terminal output to a file? - Ask Ubuntu
How do I save the output of a command to a file? Is there a way without using any software? I would like to know how.
How do I get help for "echo" or other bash commands?
Feb 21, 2011 · Or you can get help on bash builtins and keywords with the help builtin, e.g. help echo. The information you see when you run man echo, is for the external echo command, installed by …
What is the difference between "man" and "info" documentation?
In the early '90s, the GNU project decided that "man" documentation system was outdated, and wrote the info command to replace it: info has basic hyperlinking features and a simpler markup language …
How do I list all available shell builtin commands? - Ask Ubuntu
Aug 18, 2014 · 32 We know bash supports number of buitin commands like: $ type type cd help command type is a shell builtin cd is a shell builtin help is a shell builtin command is a shell builtin I …
what is the command to be able page up/down a long text?
0 You can simply use Shift+PgUp and Shift+PgDn to scroll the output in your terminal. Or you can pipe your output to less, e.g.: ls --help | less then you can scroll with cursor up/down. And the command …
bash - What does an "exec" command do? - Ask Ubuntu
Sep 18, 2014 · I have seen exec command used inside scripts to redirect all output to a file (as seen in this). But in simple words, what does it do?
What is the bash equivalent of DOS's pause command?
In Bash, this can be shortened to read -p "prompt". More details on shell built-ins can be retrieved with the help command, e.g. help read.