In order to use install man pages for various commands in Solaris it is necessary to get two packages: SUNWman and SUNWdoc. You can check if they are already installed using commands ‘pkginfo SUNWdoc' and 'pkginfo SUNWman', or just try ‘man man‘. If they are not present in your system you can install them from Solaris 10 cd-rom (I guess you’re using exactly this version of Sun’ operating system):
1. Mount cd-rom:
mount -F hsfs /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s2 /mnt/
where c0t1d0s2 is identifier of your cd-rom and may differ from system to system.
Q: I was compiling kernel using GNU Screen utility but something happened during the compilation and I want to see full error’s output but I can’t just scrollback using Ctrl+PageUp. How to scrollback in GNU Screen?
A: In GNU Screen press Ctrl + a + [ to enter Copy Mode, then scroll up/down using keys j or k. Below are some other navigation keys:
h - Move the cursor left by one character
j - Move the cursor down by one line
k - Move the cursor up by one line
l - Move the cursor right by one character
0 - Move to the beginning of the current line
$ - Move to the end of the current line.
G - Moves to the specified line
(defaults to the end of the buffer).
C-u - Scrolls a half page up.
C-b - Scrolls a full page up.
C-d - Scrolls a half page down.
C-f - Scrolls the full page down.
By the way, in order to define scrollback buffer size start screen with the following key (5000 lines in this example):
screen -h 5000
Quick info about GNU Screen utility: it is Unix tool that allows to run multiple applications in several “virtual” windows. It is very useful when you need, let’s say, to see hardware resources consumption caused by started application in different console etc. GNU screen is also good option to run applications remotely via ssh: just run application in screen and log off until it’s finished, then just “pick up” screen session and see how the application’s output.
Update: You can use activate copy mode of GNU Screen also by Ctrl + Esc that might be more useful than Ctrl + a + [ shortcut (thanks to Yu-Jie Lin for this tip).
Well, IBM publishes a new article about useful Unix command line habits as a follow-up to Michael Stutz’s article. I promise that after reading this article you will say something like “A-ha, I didn’t know you could do that!” Here is the part of that staff:
The !$ command returns the last argument used with a command. But what happens if you have a command that used arguments and you want to reuse just one of them? The !:1 operator returns the argument used in a command. The example in Listing 3 shows how you can use this operator in combination with the !$ operator. In the first command, a file is renamed to a more meaningful name, but to preserve use of the original file name, a symbolic link is created. The file kxp12.c is renamed in a more readable manner, then the link command is used to create a symbolic link back to the original file name, in case it’s still used elsewhere. The !$ operator returns the file_system_access.c argument, and the !:1 operator returns the kxp12.c argument, which is the first argument of the previous command.
Q: How can I order my favourite pizza by using Linux command line interface?
A: Well… You can use Pizza Party application written by Cory Arcangel and Michael Frumin! Here are some features this outstanding application provides:
Can order pizza with only a few keystrokes.
Can save pizza preferences.
Can use batch files for ordering many pizzas.
Has easy to use flags for ordering different toppings.
Runs on most UNIX-like operating systems.
Supports most currently popular topings like “mushrooms”, and “pepperoni”!
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In order to use install man pages for various commands in Solaris it is necessary to get two packages: SUNWman and SUNWdoc. You can check if they are already installed using commands ‘
Well, IBM publishes a new article about useful Unix command line habits as a follow-up to 
Here is the part of that staff:
Q: How can I order my favourite pizza by using Linux command line interface?
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