11 May
2024
11 May
'24
3:31 p.m.
Hi Nevin,
the name "pr" doesn't really help me
understand what it is for
As typical of the early commands, it's readily mnemonic.
PR(I) 3/20/74 PR(I)
NAME
pr - print file
SYNOPSIS
pr [-h header] [-n] [+n] [-wn] [-ln] [-t] [name...]
How does one discover it?
Back then, by reading through the permuted index, turning the pages of
the printed manual, word of mouth... By making effort to learn the
profession's tools.
If I have a command and I want it to do something
slightly different,
the first place I look is to see if there is a command line option for
that. I know how to discover that (either --help or the man pages).
And a fine man page's SEE ALSO may help learn of new commands.
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Cheers, Ralph.