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How Do You Know What You Don't Know, man?

man pages

• man - "manual" command
  • man ls - help on ls
• vi style navigation and searching work
• Divided into "sections"
  • Section 1 - user commands (default)
  • Section 5 - system files
  • Section 8 - system commands
  • man passwd - help on passwd command
  • man 5 passwd - info on /etc/passwd file
• info - like man for some GNU programs
• apropos - search man page titles for a string

Books and stuff

Following are some of the better resources on the web:

• Linux Documentation Project
• Arch Linux wiki
• Debian Administrator's Handbook and reference
• linux.die.net - online man pages
• Stackoverflow
• Docs for individual packages at maintainer's site (Samba, etc.)