Bulkley wrote:What bugs me is that I can't remember the right instructions for opening each of the various tar balls. Every time I download a tar package I have to look it up.
tar xf ball.tar.whatever
apropos something
less(3p) - perl pragma to request less of something
$ man something
man: No entry for something in the manual.
$ something
ksh: something: not found
Post by Bulkley » 2016-12-17 16:13
Again, very often. I use Internet search. What bugs me is that I can't remember the right instructions for opening each of the various tar balls. Every time I download a tar package I have to look it up.
empty@Arch ~ % apropos wireless
crda (8) - send to the kernel a wireless regulatory domain for a given ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2
iw (8) - show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration
iwconfig (8) - configure a wireless network interface
iwevent (8) - Display Wireless Events generated by drivers and setting changes
iwgetid (8) - Report ESSID, NWID or AP/Cell Address of wireless network
iwlist (8) - Get more detailed wireless information from a wireless interface
iwpriv (8) - configure optionals (private) parameters of a wireless network interface
iwspy (8) - Get wireless statistics from specific nodes
netctl-auto (1) - Control automatic selection of wireless netctl profiles
regulatory.bin (5) - The Linux wireless regulatory database
rfkill (8) - tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices
wireless (7) - Wireless Tools and Wireless Extensions
empty@Arch ~ % export something=wireless
empty@Arch ~ % apropos "$something"
crda (8) - send to the kernel a wireless regulatory domain for a given ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2
iw (8) - show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration
iwconfig (8) - configure a wireless network interface
iwevent (8) - Display Wireless Events generated by drivers and setting changes
iwgetid (8) - Report ESSID, NWID or AP/Cell Address of wireless network
iwlist (8) - Get more detailed wireless information from a wireless interface
iwpriv (8) - configure optionals (private) parameters of a wireless network interface
iwspy (8) - Get wireless statistics from specific nodes
netctl-auto (1) - Control automatic selection of wireless netctl profiles
regulatory.bin (5) - The Linux wireless regulatory database
rfkill (8) - tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices
wireless (7) - Wireless Tools and Wireless Extension
What bugs me is that I can't remember the right instructions for opening each of the various tar balls.
man tar
TAR(1) General Commands Manual TAR(1)
NAME
tar - tape archiver
SYNOPSIS
tar {crtux}[014578befHhjLmNOoPpqsvwXZz]
[blocking-factor | archive | replstr] [-C directory] [-I file]
[file ...]
tar {-crtux} [-014578eHhjLmNOoPpqvwXZz] [-b blocking-factor]
[-C directory] [-f archive] [-I file] [-s replstr] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
The tar command creates, adds files to, or extracts files from an archive
file in ``tar'' format. A tar archive is often stored on a magnetic
tape, but can be stored equally well on a floppy, CD-ROM, or in a regular
disk file.
In the first (legacy) form, all option flags except for -C and -I must be
contained within the first argument to tar and must not be prefixed by a
hyphen (`-'). Option arguments, if any, are processed as subsequent
arguments to tar and are processed in the order in which their------------snip---
Extract or Unpack a TarBall File
To unpack or extract a tar file, type:
- Code: Select all
tar -xvf file.tar
man history
Sorry for the confusion Garry
And how much do you have memorized so you don't have to?
...
This escalated quickly.
$ apropos man --and apropos
apropos (1) - search the manual page names and descriptions
pylkko wrote:My opinion is that while most people think that medieval rote memorizing techniques are boring a quaint... that they have their uses in some places in life. For example, when you have to look up the command sequence for tar every time and you use it often. You just end up loosing a lot of time and "flow" from your work searching for stuff like that...
Edit: word missing from sentence
and p.s imagine if you had not memorized the times tables in primary school. You'd be looking up 6 x 8 on google. But since you did memorize that, now you have it for life. Why stop doing this in adulthood?
6*8 ---> 8*2*3 = 48
if you need to break it down more:
8+8 = 16 : 16+16 = 32 : 32 + 16 = 48
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