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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 13:46
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Command whatis

Searches for whole words in the database whatis (see command apropos).

Syntax

whatis keyword

Options

no

Description

whatis command displays the result of search whole words in the database whatis (see description command apropos). Only the match whole words.

 
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 13:34
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Command uname

Displays system information, such as the type of machine and operating system.

Syntax

uname [options]

Options

-a displays all the information.
-m displays the type of equipment (eg, i586).
-n displays the hostname of the machine.
-p displays the processor type (usually unknown).
-r displays the number of operating system release
-s displays the name of the operating system.
-v displays the version of the operating system (compilation date).

Description

The uname command displays various information about the machine and operating system (Linux).

 
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Friday, 19 February 2010 09:14
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Command man

Print page operational manual (also called man-pages).

Syntax

man [options] [section] command

Options

-C conf_file indicates configuration file man (by default /etc/man.config).
-p indicates listatel pager leadership (eg, less).
-a displays all man-pages that match a specific command.
-h displays help for the team only man.
-w indicates the location of the displayed man-pages.

Description

The man command displays a man-page for the specified command. If you know the section man - pages, you can specify it.

 
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Saturday, 19 December 2009 15:53
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Command ldd

ldd command displays the names of shared libraries required for execution.

Syntax

ldd [options] program

Options

-v displays the version number of ldd.
-V displays the version number of the dynamic linker (ld.so),
-d reallocates functions and reports the missing features.
-r redistributes the data and functions, reports of missing objects.

Description

The command ldd to determine which shared libraries are required to carry out these programs.

 
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009 17:01
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Command info

info command displays online help for any command Linux.

Syntax

info [options] command

Options

-d add the directory to the list of directories in which files are being explored.
-f file_info specifies the file used by the team info.
-h displays the information on the application info.

Description

Info command displays online help for this team in full text box. For more information about the team info is available by typing info no arguments.

 
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