Linux Ess. Ch 6

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What symbol do you place after a command to run the program in the background?

&

Which of the following is a typical directory location for program documentation?

/usr/share/doc/

How can you browse to a new node using the standard info documentation reader?

Select a link using the arrow keys and then press the Enter key.

True or false: info pages have largely replaced man pages as the most common form of documentation for Linux programs.

false

To view all your recent commands in the command history, type in the command __________.

history

To allow the man pages to be viewed a page at a time, which pager program is used for displaying man pages?

less

The ________ command searches a database of filenames for the name or name fragment that you specify.

locate

True or false: Pressing the up arrow key in Bash reveals commands you've recently typed.

true

To search all man pages' Name sections for the keyword less, you would type ______________ less.

whatis

The ____________ command searches a limited set of directories for a designated file.

whereis


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