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[Roy Smith]

Steven Vollom wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 August 2009 05:35:10 pm John DeCarlo wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Steven Vollom
>>
>> <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
>>     
>>> On Tuesday 11 August 2009 12:31:02 am John Pierce wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Can you do a less sources.list from the CLI and post the result?
>>>>         
>>> steven at Yeshua:~$ less sources.list
>>> sources.list: No such file or directory
>>> steven at Yeshua:~$
>>>       
>> Try
>>
>> less /etc/apt/sources.list
>>     
>
> I remember there was a key that I could press that would number the lines in a 
> list.  It is lost among several thousand saved emails.  I can't remember who 
> gave the information, so I can't remember how to review it.  I also do not 
> understand a proper entry for a google search for this information.  What 
> would you google if you wanted to know the key to hit to get a list numbered?  
>   

In Linux, doesn't matter which distro you use, there are 2 ways to find
out command arguments and syntax in a terminal and you don't even need
Internet access.  They are:

<command> --help (gives a quick list of arguments and syntax)
man <command>    (gives a detailed description on using the command)

Naturally you'd replace <command> with the command you're interested in
learning more about.

-- 

Roy Smith
Windows XP Pro SP3



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