July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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-T device, --troff-device[=device]
Format groff or troff output for device, such as dvi, latin1,
X75, and X100.
-Z, --ditroff
Do not allow postprocessing of manual page after groff has
finished formatting it.
Section names
Manual pages are divided into sections for various audiences:
1 Executable programs or shell commands.
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel).
3 Library calls (functions within system libraries).
4 Special files (usually found in /dev).
5 File formats and conventions (e.g., /etc/passwd).
6 Games.
7 Macro packages and conventions.
8 System administration commands (usually only for a privi-
leged user).
9 Kernel routines (nonstandard).
manpath
manpath [options]
Attempt to determine path to manual pages. Check $MANPATH
first; if that is not set, consult /etc/man.conf, user environment vari-
ables, and the current working directory. The manpath command
is a symbolic link to man, but most of the options are ignored for
manpath.
Options
-d, --debug
Print debugging information.
-h Print help message and then exit.
mattrib
mattrib [options] filenames
Change attributes of MS-DOS files. See mtools for more
information.
Attributes
To set an attribute, use one of the following letters preceded by a +
(to turn the attribute on) or - (to turn it off):
a Archive; ...
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