Getting help on Linux

obviously

• man
• apropos (or man -k)

tend to forget

• which / where - locate a command (returns path) - where gives a little bit more output (need to investigate)
  • which [command]
• whatis - short sentence to identify what a command is
  • whatis [command]
• whereis - locate binary, source, and manpage of a command
  • whereis [command]
• locate - list files in a db that match a pattern - by default searches filesystem
  • locate [command]
  • Doesn’t have to be a command - basically just searches for files.
  • Associated cronjob: updatedb