ciao, i have stolen lot of stuff myself from this git repository: https://mths.be/macos <https://mths.be/macos>
hth, — > On 22 Nov 2021, at 07:22, Sriranga Veeraraghavan <srira...@berkeley.edu > <mailto:srira...@berkeley.edu>> wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > I’ve often wondered how to find out about the functionality of all the > different command line programs in MacOSX. The best list I’ve come across is: > > https://git.herrbischoff.com/awesome-macos-command-line/about/ > <https://git.herrbischoff.com/awesome-macos-command-line/about/> > > There is also a interesting Git project that shows the differences in man > pages between Big Sur and Monterey, but I’ve never seen anything like that > for earlier releases: > > https://github.com/kaleidoscope-app/man-diff > <https://github.com/kaleidoscope-app/man-diff> > > Best, > > -ranga > >> On Nov 17, 2021, at 13:37, Dave Horsfall <d...@horsfall.org >> <mailto:d...@horsfall.org>> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 17 Nov 2021, Bill Cole wrote: >> >>>> Where are all these obscure commands documented? >>> >>> /usr/share/man/man1/ and /usr/share/man/man8/ mostly... >> >> Perhaps I should've expressed it better :-) >> >> I've found all sorts of obscure commands (such as "security" and the >> aforementioned "mdutil") mentioned on this list; now, how am I supposed to >> know that they existed in the first place? I cannot find any sign of an >> admin guide, and this 2nd-hand MacPro did not come with media. >> >> It seems that I have to look at all the manfiles and wonder what they do... >> >>> FWIW, 'apropos spotlight' will tell you that mdutil and mddiagnose exist. >> >> Sure, but my query was more of a general nature. >> >> -- Dave >
