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		bostonvaulter2 on Nov 21, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's the one Linux command you wish you knew yea... Yeah, but it often isn't as long as a real man page. Plus for some reason zsh doesn't have it!

super_mario on Nov 21, 2011 [–]

There's always google you know :D. The point is to know what to look for:

$ help "*"

will print out all shell built ins (list help for them). And if the short description is not enough, go google for each.

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