8 Places to Find Help for Your Linux Server

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 19, 2011

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“1. The “-h” option: The most basic help feature of all, the
“-h” option, is built into most commands. From any command prompt
(local or remote), type the name of the command followed by “-h”.
For example, to find help on SSH type: ssh -h

“2. Man: Man in this case has nothing to do with testosterone.
It refers to manuals of commands on your server. It is easy to
start reading any manual. From the command line, just type: man
command-name You can scroll through the documentation with your
arrows, mouse, and the PageUP/PageDown keys. When you are finished,
simply type ‘q’ to exit.”


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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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