# HG changeset patch # User amit # Date 1283870390 -19800 # Node ID a9bb00e2073bc49eaf6669745f8099dfc601a905 # Parent 24cec0337e81dcce9d5675933afdbf4a8c733839# Parent 8888712bed39c8966e9cf657655abd7f6aa3441e Merging changes diff -r 8888712bed39 -r a9bb00e2073b ult/handout.rst --- a/ult/handout.rst Tue Sep 07 16:56:27 2010 +0530 +++ b/ult/handout.rst Tue Sep 07 20:09:50 2010 +0530 @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ I wish some commads were a bit smarter ? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +----------------------------------------- The standard commands in Linux have a lot of options also called flags to change or provide some additional functionality to the command For example :: @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ ============ How do I find what a command does? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +---------------------------------- A short index of explanations for commands is available using the *whatis* command, like in the examples below:: @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ chown -~~~~~ +----- The chown command is used to change the owner and group of files, directories and links. By default, the owner of a filesystem object is the user that created it. The group is a set of users that share the same access permissions (i.e., read, write and execute) for that object. @@ -574,10 +574,10 @@ ================= How do I look into a file? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +-------------------------- more ------ +---- In computing, *more* is a command to view contents of a text file one screen at a time @@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ How do look at part of a file? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +------------------------------ head ----- @@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ To sort the same file using the last names -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +------------------------------------------ ::