Configuring UNIX Manual - Quiz
The answers you selected are indicated below, along with text that explains the correct answers.
1.
What is the purpose of using options with the
man
command?
Please select the best answer.
A.
Navigate to a specific manual page
B.
Obtain specific information from the manual pages
C.
Re-configure the
man
path
D.
Determine the search order for specific commands
The correct answer is B.
Without options, the
man
command will return the first document it finds. Options help narrow the results returned.
2.
What does the
–M
option to the
man
command do?
Please select the best answer.
A.
Retrieves all manual pages for a specific command
B.
Pipes the output through a pager program
C.
Specifies particular directories to search
D.
Conducts keyword searches for manual pages
The correct answer is C.
This option helps narrow the search. The
–a
option retrieves all manual pages for a specific command. The
–k
option conducts keyword searches for manual pages. The
–P
option pipes the output through a specific pager program.
3.
What does the
–a
option to the
man
command do?
Please select the best answer.
A.
Retrieves all manual pages for a specific command
B.
Pipes the output through a pager program
C.
Specifies particular directories to search
D.
Conducts keyword searches for manual pages
The correct answer is A.
The
-a
option will return all manual pages for the command you are searching. The
–k
option conducts keyword searches for manual pages. The
–P
option pipes the output through a specific pager program. The
–M
option helps narrow a man page search by limiting the search to particular directories.