You're reading from Manjaro Linux User Guide Gain proficiency in Linux through one of its best user-friendly Arch-based distributions

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803237589

Length 498 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Operating Systems

Author (1):

Atanas Georgiev Rusev

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Installation, Editions, and Help

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Manjaro and Linux FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Editions Overview and Installation

4. Chapter 3: Editions and Flavors

5. Chapter 4: Help, Online Resources, Forums, and Updates

6. Part 2: Daily Usage

7. Chapter 5: Officially Supported Software – Part 1

8. Chapter 6: Officially Supported Software Part 2, 3D Games, and Windows SW

9. Chapter 7: All Basic Terminal Commands – Easy and with Examples

10. Part 3: Intermediate Topics for Daily Usage

11. Chapter 8: Package Management, Dependencies, Environment Variables, and Licenses

12. Chapter 9: Filesystem Basics, Structure, and Types, NTFS, Automount, and RAID

13. Chapter 10: Storage, Mounting, Encryption, and Backups

14. Chapter 11: Network Fundamentals, File Sharing, and SSH

15. Chapter 12: Internet, Network Security, Firewalls, and VPNs

16. Part 4: Advanced Topics

17. Chapter 13: Service Management, System Logs, and User Management

18. Chapter 14: System Cleanup, Troubleshooting, Defragmentation, and Reinstallation

19. Chapter 15: Shell Scripts and Automation

20. Chapter 16: Linux Kernel Basics and Switching

21. Index

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Getting advanced help directly in the Terminal

Any of the presented commands provide a detailed manual, which is essential for any advanced knowledge and usage. We look here into the two programs to access it.

man

We have seen how the -h and --help options can be used for basic help on the terminal. However, the detailed manual for each program, often called man pages, is downloaded and installed with it. To open it, we use man like this: $ man find. Man pages often include examples and may contain conceptual explanations of the application design.

Basic navigation in the man pages is done with the PgUp/PgDn keys. Pressing H will open the help, and Q will close it. Besides the Up and Down arrows, e/y or j/k can scroll up/down by one line. D/U scrolls up/down by half a screen. To search forward (case sensitive), use the forward slash (/). With the question mark, ?, you can search backward. Use n/N for the next/previous match.