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Date:      Tue, 2 Oct 2012 00:30:15 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r241116 - head/games/fortune/datfiles
Message-ID:  <201210020030.q920UFhn038024@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: eadler
Date: Tue Oct  2 00:30:15 2012
New Revision: 241116
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/241116

Log:
  Correct the tip about finding all the directories on the system
  Add a tip about clearing the screen.
  Make things more consistent by removing quotes around 'make search'
  
  Approved by:	cperciva
  MFC after:	3 days

Modified:
  head/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips

Modified: head/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips
==============================================================================
--- head/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips	Mon Oct  1 22:27:34 2012	(r241115)
+++ head/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips	Tue Oct  2 00:30:15 2012	(r241116)
@@ -272,8 +272,11 @@ will search '/', and all subdirectories,
 %
 To see all of the directories on your FreeBSD system, type
 
-	ls -R / | less
-		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+	find / -type d | less
+
+All the files?
+
+	find / -type f | less
 %
 To see how long it takes a command to run, type the word "time" before the
 command name.
@@ -315,9 +318,9 @@ and they can be combined as "ls -FG".
 Want to find a specific port, just type the following under /usr/ports
 or one its subdirectories:
 
-	"make search name=<port-name>"
+	make search name=<port-name>
     or
-	"make search key=<keyword>"
+	make search key=<keyword>
 %
 Want to know how many words, lines, or bytes are contained in a file? Type
 "wc filename".
@@ -422,6 +425,8 @@ You can press Ctrl-D to quickly exit fro
 login shell.
 		-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
 %
+You can press Ctrl-L while in the shell to clear the screen.
+%
 You can press up-arrow or down-arrow to walk through a list of
 previous commands in tcsh.
 %



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