This is a reason why I love BSD (specifically Net-; but it doesn't matter). The system as a whole is complete, and that includes documentation. The man pages of

This is a reason why I love BSD (specifically Net-; but it doesn't matter). The system as a whole is complete, and that includes documentation. The man pages of the BSDs are nothing but excellent, and plenty. The base install is so small that you can comprehend all of it in one go. You want to learn about UNIX? Start by visiting /{,usr}/{,s}bin of a base install (the beauty of the split), and look at what each present binary does by reading its manpage and actually following those SEE ALSO mentions. And suddenly you'll feel well equipped to cough out a lot more one-liners without having to drop down to bashisms...