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Ubuntu commands

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sarincv Original post #1
Jun 16, 2006 at 12:59 PM
Where can i find all the commands of ubuntu linux?
vignesh
vignesh #2
Jun 16, 2006 at 2:27 PM
open a terminal and press the tab key twice.. This is common to all linux distros not only Ubuntu.. Though however the root user will have more commands than the normal user..
JGuru
JGuru #3
Jun 17, 2006 at 11:15 AM
Yes, press tab twice, it will ask 'Display all 1688 possiblities ? (y/n) Type y (enter)
On the bottom of the page you will '--More--' that means that there are more pages
left. To move to the next page press the spacebar. You can find all the commands
executables in the '/usr/bin' and '/usr/sbin' directories.
V
Jun 22, 2006 at 5:14 PM
Use whatis command to display shortdescription fo command typed.
$whatis ls
saurabh.sauron
Jun 22, 2006 at 6:22 PM
vinayasurya said:
Use whatis command to display shortdescription fo command typed.
$whatis ls

a better way is to search the manual using 'man' command i think.
u could also visit this link :-

*www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd
vignesh
vignesh #6
Jun 22, 2006 at 9:13 PM
Man itself uses whatis command...

man -k <topic> to search.