Read the documentation with linux command line
Hi everyone, welcome to today’s tutorial where we will learn how to read documentation with linux command line.
1. at command line, type:
cd hello-1
note:
in this case, the extracted folder of files is hello-1
there are usually 2 files in the extracted folder called README and INSTALL
README usually provides a description of the package, and references to more documentations and the author
INSTALL usually contains instructions on how to compile and install the package
some folders have these docu files named differently, eg. README.1ST or READEME.NOW, etc, so its best to just list out the files in the folder and look for any likely documentation files
sometimes the docu files are placed in a subfolder called doc, documentation, etc
2. to view a file, type:
more README
note:
in this case, the file to be viewed is README
to view or edit a file using pico, you can type:
pico READEME
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