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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4260- October 10, 2012
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 Unix Tip #4260- October 10, 2012
 
STOP ASKING QUESTIONS  
  
What's the best way to become a UNIX guru?  
Learn UNIX.  
  
There are two great resources available to  
the UNIX programmer that give general help  
and often examples.  One is the "man" command.  
  
ex. man vi  
The other is the "-?" command line option.  
ex. sort -?  
  
These will tell you all you need to know  
about most commands.  
  
I suggest that newbies look at the following  
man pages:  
  
vi - probably the best text editor ever made  
sh/ksh/csh - my favorite flavor is ksh  
awk - fantastic!!  
sed - dull but indispensable  
  
Spend some time looking at the man pages.  
At the end there is usually a list of related  
commands, a great way to enhance your UNIX  
vocabulary!  
  
  
This tip generously supported by: jcolman@bigfoot.com  
  
  
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