[aclug-L] Re: cdrom problem

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Goerzen wrote:

>On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 04:46:24PM -0600, Tom Hull wrote:
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>>>What error message do you get?
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>>>
>>$ man -k ''
>>   usage: apropos keyword ...
>>   Error executing formatting or display command.
>>   System command /usr/bin/apropos  exited with status 256.
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>Bah.  Sounds like they don't accept an empty string as a valid regular
>expression!
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>Try this:
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>man -k '.*' | sort | less
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The output of the revised form ( man -k '.*' | sort -u ) produces a list 
of 29363 entries on my system.

rather a long list to scan for a single useful utility.

However, it is a start for those who have no idea of the available 
commands and functions.
For those who already have some clues of what is available it can add to 
the usually incomplete lists available in books.

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