From 23c653b99f2d0eb1fa2893e9007a33a4d8265005 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joshua Levy Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 23:48:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] General mention of man and help. --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 468986f..a902971 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Notes: - Learn at least one text-based editor well. Ideally Vim (`vi`), as there's really no competition for random editing in a terminal (even if you use Emacs, a big IDE, or a modern hipster editor most of the time). +- Know how to read documentation with `man` (for the inquisitive, `man man` lists the section numbers, e.g. 1 is "regular" commands, 5 is files/conventions, and 8 are for administration). Know that some commands are not executables, but Bash builtins, and that you can get help on them with `help` and `help -d`. + - Learn about redirection of output and input using `>` and `<` and pipes using `|`. Learn about stdout and stderr. - Learn about file glob expansion with `*` (and perhaps `?` and `{`...`}`) and quoting and the difference between double `"` and single `'` quotes. (See more on variable expansion below.)