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    Question man!!!!!

    is the unix command man newly added?
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    No.
    They say that if you play a Windows Install CD backwords, you hear satanic messages. That's nothing; play it forward and it installs Windows.

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    no its been around since the days of unix what makes you say that?

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    actually i had a test today in which i was asked abt explain the given commands ,out of which one was man, i was like wht the hell is tht, in my prepatory material i was not given this command so i was curious to know ne way as u know i m a juniour ,so pardorn my silly questions ,mate!

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    The man pages are here, if you're interested. At least that's one implementation of them.
    When all else fails, read the instructions.
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    You should ask for a refund on your prep class/materials. I simply can't imagine a class on UNIX without 'man', it's at the root of learning UNIX and a lifelong companion in its use, whether you're a programmer, end-user or administrator.

    Tubbs

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    Originally posted by tubbsd
    You should ask for a refund on your prep class/materials. I simply can't imagine a class on UNIX without 'man', it's at the root of learning UNIXand a lifelong companion in its use, whether you're a programmer, end-user or administrator.

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    too bad Window$ doesn't have man pages.... I guess MSDN is as close as Window$ comes to man pages...
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