ask 2 Using man to learn the function of switches

The first stop on the help tour is man, an online copy of the entire Unix/Linux Programmers Manual. The man utility provides a quick way to access to technical details about commands.

Define the following switches using the man pages for the command. Using your own words, write the description the man provides in the Description column.

Command	Switch	Description
bash	-r
chmod	-v
cp	-l
grep	-c
ls	-d
man	-k
mkdir	-m
ps	-r
sort	-r
wc	-L

Questions

1. What are two ways of using the mv utility to manage files and directories?
2. What two Linux commands are available to display the contents of a file?
3. How are redirection pipes used when executing commands with utilities?
4. What is displayed if you request info on a utility with no .info file?
5. What is the purpose of the man page?
6. What is the difference between the help utility and the info utility? (You may want to run help.)