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Everything about Help (command)
Command in various command line shells
In computing, help is a command in various command line shells such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, Bash, qshell, 4DOS/4NT, Windows PowerShell, Singularity shell, Python, MATLAB and GNU Octave. It provides online information about available commands and the shell environment. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Help (command)A 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Devices for Mobility and Manipulation for People with Reduced AbilitiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Plan Realization for Complex Command Interaction in the UNIX Help DomainCited 1 times
- Go sideways: MkdirA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Exit (command)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Devices for Mobility and Manipulation for People with Reduced AbilitiesTeodiano Freire Bastos-Filho, Dinesh Kumar · 2014
The tributeDennis Rainey, David Boehi · 1994
Moishe Oofnik's mitzvahTilda Balsley · 2013
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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