Information about commands

echo $PATH Display your PATH
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin Add /usr/sbin/to your PATH


which commandname
Determine if and where commandname is in your PATH

whereis commandname
Determine if commandname is available in the system PATH

find /usr -name filename
Search and display all files named filename in the directory /usr

man commandname Read the manual page about the command commandname
apropos keyword Perform a simple search of manual page titles for keyword




Matt Disney 2005-09-14