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Dec
22
2011

Man pages are written by sys-admin and developers for IT techs, and are intended more as a reference than as a how to. Man pages are very useful for people who are already familiar with Linux, Unix, and BSD operating systems. Use man pages when you just need to know the syntax for particular commands or configuration file, but they are not helpful for new Linux users. Man pages are not good for learning something new for the first time. Here are thirty best documentation sites on the web for learning Linux and Unix like operating systems.

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Feb
2
2009

Most modern Unix-based operating systems (e.g. Linux, MacOS X, and BSD) come with a little console-mode utility called GNU Screen. It's a powerful tool in the hands of the console warrior, a veritable Swiss Army knife of text-mode human-computer interacti

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Nov
19
2008

fuser is a UNIX command used to show which processes are using a specified file, file system, or socket.

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Oct
22
2008

a step by step guide for successfully building your .mac replacement.

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Feb
3
2008

This document is a collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands which are useful for IT work or for advanced users. The reader is supposed to know what s/he is doing.

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