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Simon Avery writes:
> jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> /usr/bin/firefox 
>> OK, thanks...just checking out $man which 
> 
> Something I use when I'm looking for a program but can't quite remember 
> the name -
> man -k thing
> Returns a list of man topics containing thing - so if you're searching 
> for something related to dns, man -k dns
> Also: "apt-cache search thing" to find the right package to install. 
> 

........OK! got that, thanks.
Jon Davey. 



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