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matthews [Useful Linux Commands]
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   * **apropros** - Useful for finding "//appropriate//" commands.  i.e., **apropros network** will show useful commands related to networking.   * **apropros** - Useful for finding "//appropriate//" commands.  i.e., **apropros network** will show useful commands related to networking.
   * **man** - RTM.  Read The Manual.  Enough said? i.e., **man ls** will let you read the manual for the command **ls**.    * **man** - RTM.  Read The Manual.  Enough said? i.e., **man ls** will let you read the manual for the command **ls**. 
-  * **lshw** - list hardware.  Needs elevated privileges to properly probe all of the system's hardware.  Also useful to pipe the output into a paginator for easy reading.  i.e., **sudo lshw | less** will run the command with elevated privileges, then it pipes the output from that command into the text reader command **less**.+  * **[[https://www.howtoforge.com/linux-lshw-command/|lshw]]** - list hardware.  Needs elevated privileges to properly probe all of the system's hardware.  Also useful to pipe the output into a paginator for easy reading.  i.e., **sudo lshw | less** will run the command with elevated privileges, then it pipes the output from that command into the text reader command **less**.
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