diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml index 65b507e785..354e25f19b 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -303,11 +303,11 @@ csh or tcsh a command like this would set EDITOR to /usr/local/bin/emacs: - setenv EDITOR /usr/local/bin/emacs + &prompt.user; setenv EDITOR /usr/local/bin/emacs Under Bourne shells: - export EDITOR="/usr/local/bin/emacs" + &prompt.user; export EDITOR="/usr/local/bin/emacs" You can also make most shells expand the environment variable by placing a $ character in front of it on the @@ -419,13 +419,13 @@ arguments. These manuals can be viewed with the man command. Use of the man command is simple: - &prompt.user; man command + &prompt.user; man command command is the name of the command you wish to learn about. For example, to learn more about ls command type: - &prompt.user; man ls + &prompt.user; man ls The online manual is divided up into numbered sections: @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ case, you can tell the man command which one you want by specifying the section: - &prompt.user; man 1 chmod + &prompt.user; man 1 chmod This will display the manual page for the user command chmod. References to a particular section of @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ command descriptions by using the switch: - &prompt.user; man -k mail + &prompt.user; man -k mail With this command you will be presented with a list of commands that have the keyword mail in their @@ -497,10 +497,17 @@ So, you are looking at all those fancy commands in /usr/bin but do not have the faintest idea - what most of them actually do? Simply do a - &prompt.user; cd /usr/bin; man -f * or - &prompt.user; cd /usr/bin; whatis * which - does the same thing. + what most of them actually do? Simply do: + + &prompt.user; cd /usr/bin +&prompt.user; man -f * + + or + + &prompt.user; cd /usr/bin +&prompt.user; whatis * + + which does the same thing. @@ -516,7 +523,7 @@ To use the &man.info.1; command, simply type: - &prompt.user; info + &prompt.user; info For a brief introduction, type h. For a quick command reference, type ?. diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml index 65b507e785..354e25f19b 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -303,11 +303,11 @@ csh or tcsh a command like this would set EDITOR to /usr/local/bin/emacs: - setenv EDITOR /usr/local/bin/emacs + &prompt.user; setenv EDITOR /usr/local/bin/emacs Under Bourne shells: - export EDITOR="/usr/local/bin/emacs" + &prompt.user; export EDITOR="/usr/local/bin/emacs" You can also make most shells expand the environment variable by placing a $ character in front of it on the @@ -419,13 +419,13 @@ arguments. These manuals can be viewed with the man command. Use of the man command is simple: - &prompt.user; man command + &prompt.user; man command command is the name of the command you wish to learn about. For example, to learn more about ls command type: - &prompt.user; man ls + &prompt.user; man ls The online manual is divided up into numbered sections: @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ case, you can tell the man command which one you want by specifying the section: - &prompt.user; man 1 chmod + &prompt.user; man 1 chmod This will display the manual page for the user command chmod. References to a particular section of @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ command descriptions by using the switch: - &prompt.user; man -k mail + &prompt.user; man -k mail With this command you will be presented with a list of commands that have the keyword mail in their @@ -497,10 +497,17 @@ So, you are looking at all those fancy commands in /usr/bin but do not have the faintest idea - what most of them actually do? Simply do a - &prompt.user; cd /usr/bin; man -f * or - &prompt.user; cd /usr/bin; whatis * which - does the same thing. + what most of them actually do? Simply do: + + &prompt.user; cd /usr/bin +&prompt.user; man -f * + + or + + &prompt.user; cd /usr/bin +&prompt.user; whatis * + + which does the same thing. @@ -516,7 +523,7 @@ To use the &man.info.1; command, simply type: - &prompt.user; info + &prompt.user; info For a brief introduction, type h. For a quick command reference, type ?.