Getting Help in Linux
Updated October 12, 2001
Created October 12, 2001

man helpmodule
info helpmodule
man -k searchstring
man -K searchstring
"slocate -u" and "slocate file"
cd /usr/src/linux; find . -type f -exec grep -i searchstring \{\} --with-filename \;
cd /usr/src/linux; cat module.c | grep MODULE_PARM
cat module.c | grep PARM
cat module.c | grep -i compaq
cat module.c | grep -i cpq
cd /lib/modules/2.2.x-x/...; strings module.o
strings module.o | grep parm
strings module.o | grep kernel_version
strings module.o | grep using_checksums
strings module.o | grep author
strings module.o | grep description
file filename
strings filename
strings filename | less