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Subject:    [Beowulf] about 'man' Re:  Users abusing screen
From:       "Lux, Jim (337C)" <james.p.lux () jpl ! nasa ! gov>
Date:       2011-10-21 16:45:38
Message-ID: CAC6EF55.10A15%james.p.lux () jpl ! nasa ! gov
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On 10/21/11 9:12 AM, "Prentice Bisbal" <prentice@ias.edu> wrote:
> 
> Ellis,
> 
> Using nohup was exactly the advice I gave to one of my users yesterday.
> Not sure if he'll use it. 'man' is a very difficult program to learn,
> from what I understand.

Well... 'man' is easy, but sometimes, you need decent examples and
tutorials.  Just knowing what all the switches are and the format is like
giving someone a dictionary and saying: now write me a sonnet.  This is
especially so for the "swiss army knife" type utilities (grep, I'm looking
at you!)


> 

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