[CentOS] programs with no man pages?

Jim Perrin jperrin at gmail.com
Wed Feb 25 18:00:39 UTC 2009


On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I accidentally typed ss instead of ls and was surprised when it did
> something...  I can use rpm's --whatprovides to see where it came from,
> but how are you supposed to find out want a program does when it doesn't
> have a man page?

On a slightly more helpful note, once you know the name of the rpm
which provided the package, you can use 'rpm -qd packagename' to see
the documentation included with that package. Not everything has a
manpage, but there might be a readme or other doc with info.

-- 
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
George Orwell



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