RESOLVED Re: sane THANKS

[Steven Vollom]

On Thursday 13 August 2009 12:06:17 pm Roy Smith wrote:
> 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.
This was quite helpful.  Thanks Roy.

Steven