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Getting Help

There is on-line documentation for most UNIX commands and programs. These are called manual pages or man pages. For example, to find out about the ls command type:
man ls
The man pages will be displayed using the program more described below.

Man pages contain lots of information. They tend to be rather technical. If you want a less technical introduction there are numerous introductory books on UNIX available at bookstores and libraries.