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Some people seem to be unaware of apropos too (old text based cli tool). $ apropos network interfaces (5) - network interface configuration for i

by _wldu 5y ago

Some people seem to be unaware of apropos too (old text based cli tool). $ apropos network interfaces (5) - network interface configuration for ifup and ifdown aseqnet (1) - ALSA sequencer connectors over network byteorder (3) - convert values between host and network byte order ctstat (8) - unified linux network statistics

pricci 5y ago
I'm aware of apropos, but I usually forget how the command is named. edit: I forget how apropos is named.
- kroltan 5y ago
  alias halp=apropos
- paskozdilar 5y ago
  Which is exactly the use case for apropos, which searches "the manual page names and descriptions"[0] for whatever term you've entered. [0] https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/apropos.1.html https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/apropos.1.html
- RobertMiller 5y ago
  I used to have a hard time remembering apropos because I assumed 'apropos' was some sort of unixy mincing of another word or abbreviation or something, and I couldn't figure out what it meant. You know, like 'mkdir' means "MaKe DIRectory" But it turns out apropos is just a regular word. Once I learned this, I haven't had any more trouble with it. apropos : Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apropos https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apropos
  - zfxfr 5y ago
    Ohh I always thought "apropos" was from the French expression "à propos (de)... " which means "about". I naïvely believed that the person who coded this command must be French.
    - killerbat00 5y ago
      The English usage is borrowed from French![0] However, it doesn't look like the original author was French[1]. I shouldn't be, but I am quite surprised to see that the apropos command as we know it is 43 years old! [0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apropos https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apropos [1] https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#History https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#History
    - Isamu 5y ago
      You are correct about the origin except it came from French into English long ago.
    - ochrist 5y ago
      It's an ordinary word in Danish, meaning 'about something'. It can be used at the start of a sentence. Example: "Apropos vegetables I hate tomatoes".
toddm 5y ago
man -k has been working just fine for me for 30+ years
- dllthomas 5y ago
  Apropos has the compelling feature that I get to feel clever for knowing the word.
  - _wldu 5y ago
    I believe man -k just runs apropos.
    - killerbat00 5y ago
      Yep! man -k even has an ISO standard with which apropos is compliant https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#Standards https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#Standards
    - dllthomas 5y ago
      Right. There's often a tension between features and ease of use.
  - OJFord 5y ago
    Just don't be one of those people who go around saying 'hehe apropros of nothing mirite' at seemingly everything! (Also, `man --apropros` is the long option fwiw. I'm not really suggesting that as a better alternative though!)
- a-dub 5y ago
  ding.
- pmarreck 5y ago
  TIL about the -k option. Whoa.
tgv 5y ago
I hate that it spews so much irrelevant things. Run "apropos directory" on macos and see if you can find "ls" between create_automation_image_overlay(8), -(8) - ."====================== create_automation_image_overlay overlay automation image content onto another directory ." ." and CPANPLUS::Internals::Source::Memory(3pm) - In memory implementation n .SS "$cb->_|_memory_retrieve_source(name => $name, [path => $path, uptodate => BOOL, verbose => BOOL])" .SS "$cb->_|_memory_retrieve_source(name => $name, [path => $path, uptodate => BOOL, verbose => BOOL])" Subsection "$cb->__memory_retrieve_source(name => $name, [path => $path, uptodate => BOOL, verbose => BOOL])" This method retrieves a storabled tree identified by $name. It takes the following arguments: name" 4 Item "name" The internal name for the source file to retrieve. uptodate" 4 Item "uptodate" A flag indicating whether the file-cache is up-to-date or not. path" 4 Item "path" The absolute path to the directory holding the source files. verbose" 4 Item "verbose" A boolean flag indicating whether or not to be verbose. Will get information from the config file by default. Returns a tree on success, false on failure. n .SS "$cb->_|_memory_save_source([verbose => BOOL, path => $path])" .SS "$cb->_|_memory_save_source([verbose => BOOL, path => $path])" Subsection "$cb->__memory_save_source([verbose => BOOL, path => $path])" This method saves all the parsed trees in storabled format if Storable is available. It takes the following arguments: path" 4 Item "path" The absolute path to the directory holding the source files. verbose" 4 Item "verbose" A boolean flag indicating whether or not to be verbose. Will get information from the config file by default. Returns true on success, false on failure
- chockchocschoir 5y ago
  Let's say I forgot how to call `ls`, then I'd run `apropos directory` with ` | grep -i list` appended afterwards. Full command would be: apropos directory | grep -i list And now it's just 7 options, where `ls` is easy to find :)
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pricci 5y ago

I'm aware of apropos, but I usually forget how the command is named. edit: I forget how apropos is named.

kroltan 5y ago
alias halp=apropos
paskozdilar 5y ago
Which is exactly the use case for apropos, which searches "the manual page names and descriptions"[0] for whatever term you've entered. [0] https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/apropos.1.html https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/apropos.1.html
RobertMiller 5y ago
I used to have a hard time remembering apropos because I assumed 'apropos' was some sort of unixy mincing of another word or abbreviation or something, and I couldn't figure out what it meant. You know, like 'mkdir' means "MaKe DIRectory" But it turns out apropos is just a regular word. Once I learned this, I haven't had any more trouble with it. apropos : Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apropos https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apropos
- zfxfr 5y ago
  Ohh I always thought "apropos" was from the French expression "à propos (de)... " which means "about". I naïvely believed that the person who coded this command must be French.
  - killerbat00 5y ago
    The English usage is borrowed from French![0] However, it doesn't look like the original author was French[1]. I shouldn't be, but I am quite surprised to see that the apropos command as we know it is 43 years old! [0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apropos https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apropos [1] https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#History https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#History
  - Isamu 5y ago
    You are correct about the origin except it came from French into English long ago.
  - ochrist 5y ago
    It's an ordinary word in Danish, meaning 'about something'. It can be used at the start of a sentence. Example: "Apropos vegetables I hate tomatoes".

toddm 5y ago

man -k has been working just fine for me for 30+ years

dllthomas 5y ago
Apropos has the compelling feature that I get to feel clever for knowing the word.
- _wldu 5y ago
  I believe man -k just runs apropos.
  - killerbat00 5y ago
    Yep! man -k even has an ISO standard with which apropos is compliant https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#Standards https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#Standards
  - dllthomas 5y ago
    Right. There's often a tension between features and ease of use.
- OJFord 5y ago
  Just don't be one of those people who go around saying 'hehe apropros of nothing mirite' at seemingly everything! (Also, `man --apropros` is the long option fwiw. I'm not really suggesting that as a better alternative though!)
a-dub 5y ago
ding.
pmarreck 5y ago
TIL about the -k option. Whoa.

tgv 5y ago

I hate that it spews so much irrelevant things. Run "apropos directory" on macos and see if you can find "ls" between create_automation_image_overlay(8), -(8) - ."====================== create_automation_image_overlay overlay automation image content onto another directory ." ." and CPANPLUS::Internals::Source::Memory(3pm) - In memory implementation n .SS "$cb->_|_memory_retrieve_source(name => $name, [path => $path, uptodate => BOOL, verbose => BOOL])" .SS "$cb->_|_memory_retrieve_source(name => $name, [path => $path, uptodate => BOOL, verbose => BOOL])" Subsection "$cb->__memory_retrieve_source(name => $name, [path => $path, uptodate => BOOL, verbose => BOOL])" This method retrieves a storabled tree identified by $name. It takes the following arguments: name" 4 Item "name" The internal name for the source file to retrieve. uptodate" 4 Item "uptodate" A flag indicating whether the file-cache is up-to-date or not. path" 4 Item "path" The absolute path to the directory holding the source files. verbose" 4 Item "verbose" A boolean flag indicating whether or not to be verbose. Will get information from the config file by default. Returns a tree on success, false on failure. n .SS "$cb->_|_memory_save_source([verbose => BOOL, path => $path])" .SS "$cb->_|_memory_save_source([verbose => BOOL, path => $path])" Subsection "$cb->__memory_save_source([verbose => BOOL, path => $path])" This method saves all the parsed trees in storabled format if Storable is available. It takes the following arguments: path" 4 Item "path" The absolute path to the directory holding the source files. verbose" 4 Item "verbose" A boolean flag indicating whether or not to be verbose. Will get information from the config file by default. Returns true on success, false on failure

chockchocschoir 5y ago
Let's say I forgot how to call `ls`, then I'd run `apropos directory` with ` | grep -i list` appended afterwards. Full command would be: apropos directory | grep -i list And now it's just 7 options, where `ls` is easy to find :)

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