Category Archives: Man pages

Bash History Tips and Tricks

Bash supports history expansion feature which can be very useful for powerful command-line users. According to bash manual page – History  expansions introduce words from the history list into the input stream, making it easy to repeat commands, insert the … Continue reading

Posted in bash, Linux, Man pages | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Colourful man pages in Ubuntu

Linux man pages are the most important resource for a Linux freak. By default man pages are formatted using the ‘less’ utility. ‘less’ shows the man pages in black & white, something like this : If you use ‘most’ utility … Continue reading

Posted in Linux, Man pages, Ubuntu | Tagged , , | 11 Comments