This is a classic case where man -k is your friend! (although they
probably didn't have that option back in 1983).
[jhamilto@attila jhamilto]$ man -k rename
mmove (1) - move or rename an MSDOS file or subdirectory '" t
mren (1) - rename an existing MSDOS file '" t
mv (1) - move (rename) files
rename (2) - change the name or location of a file
rename (n) - Rename or delete a command
XSetWMName, XGetWMName, XStoreName, XFetchName (3x) - set or read a
window's WM_NAME property
XStoreColors, XStoreColor, XStoreNamedColor (3x) - set colors
And I surely didn't learn about it from the man man pages. Somebody
pointed it out. Who has time to memorize every option of every
command? A list such a great place to find information, just as good as
a manual or book. A search on google will bring up primarily newsgroups
(at least when searching for technical solutions). I find most of the
answers I'm looking for from such threads. I'm glad linuxchics
realizes this and is a forum free of flame. (Ever been to the
Perl-Users-Digest? Yikes!).
Somebody pointed out that there are more than one way to do things. This
cannot be more true. I think that people tend to forget that when they are
discussing technical issues, or any problem that needs to be solved for
that matter. I read once that one of the biggest mistakes that people make
when solving problems is that they will come up with one solution and
assume that's the best answer, be-it time restrictions or laziness, or
whatever. They don't take the time to put aside the first idea to discuss
other ideas that may be even better.
Jen
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Kathryn Hogg wrote:
> Mary Gardiner wrote:
> > Depending on how new you are, you don't know where the manuals are. Man
> > is useless if you don't know the command. There are some people
> > installing Linux these days who have *never* used a command prompt.
>
> Classic case is that by the time I first used Unix in 1983 or so, I
> thought it was pretty odd that it didn't have a "rename" file command.
> I tried to man everything I had come across in the other 5 or so OS's I
> had used in school. I even read Rob Pike's book cover to cover and was
> still perplexed. It's just not going to jump out you to do "man mv"
> even if you know how to use man.
>
> --
> Kathryn Hogg
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