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Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
September 2009
Beginner
942 pages
85h 34m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Command name

Description

C-h a

command-apropos

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C-h d

apropos

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C-h c

describe-key-briefly

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C-h b

describe-bindings

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C-h k

describe-key

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C-h l

view-lossage

What are the last 100 characters I typed?

C-h e

view-echo-area-messages

Display the *Messages* buffer.

C-h w

where-is

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C-h f

describe-function

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C-h v

describe-variable

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C-h m

describe-mode

Tell me about the mode the current buffer is in.

C-h s

describe-syntax

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