• type –说明怎样解释一个命令名
• which –显示会执行哪个可执行程序
• man –显示命令手册页
• apropos –显示一系列适合的命令
• info –显示命令 info
• whatis –显示一个命令的简洁描述
• alias –创建命令别名
ubt@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ type scp
scp is /usr/bin/scp
ubt@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ which scp
/usr/bin/scp
ubt@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ man scp
ubt@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ apropos scp
lscpu (1) - display information about the CPU architecture
ntfscp (8) - copy file to an NTFS volume.
scp (1) - secure copy (remote file copy program)
wcscpy (3) - copy a wide-character string
ubt@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ info scp
ubt@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ whatis scp
scp (1) - secure copy (remote file copy program)
ubt@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ scp --help
unknown option -- -
usage: scp [-346BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file]
[-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program]
[[user@]host1:]file1 ... [[user@]host2:]file2