Unit 2 · Basic Commands · Lesson 9 of 34
Manual Learning
I Need Help!
Commands in Linux often have many, many arguments and different use cases. In the future you may need to do your own research on how to use specific commands for the situation at hand. This can be done in many ways, but the most common and usually fastest way is to type:
[COMMAND] --help
Almost all common commands have this argument, which prints out the usage of the command. This is best for quickly understanding a command and its features.
The alternative to this is the man command. In the terminal, you can run:
man [COMMAND]
and it will bring you to a manual on that command. This manual is a highly comprehensive and verbose version of the help command that will give you additional details and examples.
Use the arrow keys to scroll through it, and press q to quit when you're done. (Everyone gets stuck in there the first time.)
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