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Pastimes : Linux OS.: Technical questions
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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (332)11/21/2002 7:58:59 PM
From: Thomas A Watson  Read Replies (2) of 484
 
find it hints.
How do I figure out where and what. first I build a file of all files on the system

as root
cd /
find > /all_system_files.date

It may take several minutes for this. But then it can be grep in fractions of a second.

grep -i for no case sensitivity.
grer -v as not this

grep "whaterver" /all_system_files.date this is a list of the files with their complete path.

When the file list is to long.

grep "whaterver" /all_system_files.date | grep "whatever1" this is an and. Also pipe or | grep -v "whatever2" this is and not whatever2

man pages using xman. xman has search and apropos by name of files or commands or subject.

But some manpages are too long and it's easier to read them in an editor where you can search for words of interest.

To create a text version of a man page.
man "some_command" |col -b >some_command.man
This creates a text file, some_command.man
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