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Some of the configurations I present I will skim or skip over and expect you to use the man page to fill any any details I miss.

If you use another shell, consult its documentation or man page for the names and processing order of its startup scripts.

For the full extent of . netrc file configuration options, type man 5 netrc to see the . netrc man page.

If you are maintaining multiple versions of your applications, read the update-alternatives man page.

Remember: when checking out the man page of a utility, follow the related or "see also" tools.

Consult your shell's man page for a complete list of available environment variables.

The steps to disable inetd depend on your UNIX variant; see your system's inetd man page for specifics.

Consult the udev man page after reading the rest of this document.

The SSH configuration file is so expansive, it too has its own man page.

Consult the Appendix for more information, as well as the cvs man page.

The iptables man page is very detailed and is a shining example of what a man page should be.

See the tar man page for your version of UNIX for more details and the proper syntax for each option.

The chgroup command works just like chuser, and its man page contains all the attributes you can change on a group.

Rather than try to paraphrase that information here, select a shell from the list below and look at its man page.

For more information about a particular control file, see the man page for the module listed under "Used by" .

The core Perl distribution comes with parsers that convert POD to text, HTML, and man page format.

Finally, the regex man page, available on many UNIX systems, provides information on building POSIX regexps.

It's worthwhile to read the curl man page and keep it in mind.

Several types of addresses are accepted; consult the man page for xinetd. conf for details.

The pcrepattern man page (distributed with the pcretest application, as described above) also describes Perl regexps.

The syslog(2) man page provides a great introduction to syslog(2) and its various options and configuration.

Check out the man page for more information on its various command-line options.

There's definitely a lot of excellent technical information in the man page, but its helpfulness to beginners is limited.

Check out the identify man page for more information on the formatting characters that can be used with the option.

According to the bash man page, . bash_profile is executed for login shells, while . bashrc is executed for interactive non-login shells.

For more information on the definition of test and all the available conditions, see the test man page.

To learn more, be sure to read the other man pages described in the SEE ALSO section of each man page.

You can use several notations to specify systems; see the xinetd. conf man page for details.

Some dot files are rich enough to warrant a separate man page, such as crontab.

The Z shell has a dedicated man page, zshoptions, just to document configurability.

Again, read the man page for the application to learn what you configure in a dot file.

Here's a simple lex program, taken from the man page for flex.

Note: taskset's man page doesn't mention that it really operates on threads, not processes.

Read the man page for the shell you use: bash, csh, or whatever.

If you have Perl on your system, consult the Perl Regular Expression man page (type perldoc perlre).

See the rpmbuild man page for a complete list of options.

To learn more about the extensive features of find, sort, and uniq, refer to each utility's man page on your UNIX system.

Type man screen to view the utility's man page.

The smb. conf man page has a complete list of scriptable tasks.

This directory contains documentation that is neither a man page nor an Info document.

For more information about the various schedulers, consult the man page for ipvsadm.

So gentoo's man page should be called gentoo. 1.

See the man page for crontab(5) for details on additional ways to specify times.

Note: if you read a man page in your language, be aware it can contain some mistakes or be obsolete.

Adam Shostack has posted a copy of the setuid(7) man page.

Listing 13 provides an example of this command using the fields from the chuser man page.

For more information, see the objdump man page Linux 2. 6 kernel modules.

Also, if you ever write your own tool, or would like to add a man page to a script you wrote, you then know how to format it.

Again, read the man page for rsync to learn more of its tricks.

See the man page for its many options.

View the man page for the date command (man date) to learn about other options.

See the man page for more details.

Read the wget man page to learn about the tool's many tricks.

Games (note that many games are now graphical and have graphical help outside the man page system)

This is helpful to get the man page straight, with no non-printable characters. Example

The cURL utility has so many options, it's best to read over its lengthy man page. Here are some common cURL uses