Damn Small Linux man Pages

Sooner or later when you are running Linux you will need specific technical material that is beyond the scope of this website or oftentimes any Linux books in your library. Don't despair, if you have an Internet connection the solution is right at hand.

Let's say that you need more information on the powerful ls command that may seem like Linux's answer to the DOS/Windows dir command. Go to your favorite search engine and type in Linux man ls. Then check out the references. The world being what it is, you may find some of the arcane options don't apply to Damn Small Linux. When you type ls --help you get a list of the available Damn Small Linux command options. Since neither b nor B are listed don't be surprised that ls -b and ls -B both give an error message invalid option even though these options do exist in some versions of Linux.

Damn Small Linux is damn small because it does not include some of the secondary features found in other, much larger versions of Linux. For example, while Damn Small Linux offers about two dozen options to the ls command, other versions offer more than twice the options. What happens if you need these additional options? You move to a more complete version of Linux. But Damn Small Linux is a great way to get started.

By the way, if you find that you enjoy reading the Linux man pages you may want to become a Linux Pro.