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System User's Guide: Operating System and Devices

Displaying Help Information for New Users (help Command)

You can present a one-page display of information with the help command.

At the prompt, enter:

help

The system displays information similar to the following:

Look in a printed manual for general help if you can.  You should 
have someone show you some things and then read "Using and Managing 
AIX" manual. 

The commands: 
    man -k keyword      lists commands relevant to a keyword 
    man command         prints out the manual pages for a command 
are helpful; other basic commands are: 
    cat                 - concatenates files (and just prints them out) 
    ex                  - text editor 
    ls                  - lists contents of directory 
    mail                - sends and receives mail 
    msgs                - system messages and junk mail 
    passwd              - changes login password 
    sccshelp            - views information on the Source Code Control System 
    smit                - system management interface tool 
    tset                - sets terminal modes 
    who                 - who is on the system 
    write               - writes to another user 
You could find programs about mail by the command:      man -k mail 
and print out the man command documentation via:        man mail 
You can log out by typing "exit". 

See the help command in the AIX Version 4.3 Commands Reference for the exact syntax.


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