• ScottE@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    manpages. For many of us, it’s the only documentation that existed prior to the Internet.

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    9 months ago

    Unfortunately, Linux manuals are pretty scattered around. I’ll try to find something for you:

    EDIT: Forgot this important material:

    • If you need to know command-line argument specifics for a particular program, use manpages (For example, to find brief information about grep, type man grep in your shell, and info grep if you need a complete manual).
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    9 months ago

    Maybe tell us what you need the documentation for… Writing kernel modules? Installing distros? Configuring software? Archlinux wiki is a very good general reference, btw.