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Linux & the Command Line / Terminal basics

Lesson 6 of 30

Getting help

man shows the manual for a command, and most commands accept --help. tldr gives short practical examples.

Key points

  • man ls
  • ls --help
  • Search inside man with /
man grep
grep --help
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Quiz · +10 XP

Which command opens a command's manual?

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