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RTFM

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September 8th, 2006 mysurface

Okay, If you donno what it means RTFM, let me tell you what is it. It is Read The Fucking Manuals. This is what the linux “expert” user trying to be helpful in the forums or channels and ask you to check out the available manuals for help.
Manual is helpful, it contains details reference for [...]

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searching commands to use with “keyword”

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August 4th, 2006 mysurface

Sometimes you want to do something but you do not know what command to use, and also you are not sure whether the command exist. Instead of try out random command yourself by trying man , you can use apropos
apropos translate
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apropos translate
ctangle (1) - translate CWEB [...]

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