[sf-lug] much can be said for ... for i in /usr/share/man/man*; do man $i/*; done

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Tue Aug 23 01:19:16 PDT 2016


Quoting Michael Paoli (Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu):

> I like looking over stuff in the directories on PATH, for anything
> in them that I don't recognize or not all that sure what it does or
> what it's for - and having a look at the man page.  :-)
> 
> Have found some really cool stuff by such, or similar means.
> E.g. tac(1) - so very handy.

Oh yeah.  Looking at the man pages for new discoveries can be a heady
and revelatory experience!





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