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Date:      Wed, 9 May 2012 22:13:57 +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: r235209 - head/games/fortune/datfiles
Message-ID:  <201205092213.q49MDvuk005057@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: eadler
Date: Wed May  9 22:13:56 2012
New Revision: 235209
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/235209

Log:
  Add a few new tips and update some old ones to more modern commands
  
  MFC after:	1 week

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

Modified: head/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips
==============================================================================
--- head/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips	Wed May  9 21:56:10 2012	(r235208)
+++ head/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips	Wed May  9 22:13:56 2012	(r235209)
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ If you need to ask a question on the Fre
 
 contains lots of useful advice to help you get the best results.
 %
-If you `set filec' (file completion) in tcsh and write a part of the
-filename, pressing TAB will show you the available choices when there
+pressing TAB will show you the available choices when there
 is more than one, or complete the filename if there's only one match.
 %
 If you `set watch = (0 any any)' in tcsh, you will be notified when
@@ -122,9 +121,6 @@ In order to support national characters 
 less without creating other nationalisation aspects, set the environment
 variable LC_ALL to 'en_US.ISO8859-1'.
 %
-In tcsh, you can `set autolist' to have the shell automatically show
-all the possible matches when doing filename/directory expansion.
-%
 "man firewall" will give advice for building a FreeBSD firewall
 		-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
 %
@@ -192,13 +188,6 @@ flag is your gateway.
 Nice bash prompt: PS1='(\[$(tput md)\]\t <\w>\[$(tput me)\]) $(echo $?) \$ '
 		-- Mathieu <mathieu@hal.interactionvirtuelle.com>
 %
-Nice tcsh prompts:
-	set prompt = '[%B%m%b] %B%~%b%# '
-	set prompt = '%m %# '
-	set prompt = '%n@%m%# '
-	set prompt = '%n@%m:%/%# '
-	set prompt = '%n@%m:%~%# '
-%
 Over quota?  "du -s * | sort -n " will give you a sorted list of your
 directory sizes.
 		-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
@@ -263,7 +252,7 @@ To quickly create an empty file, use "to
 		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
 %
 To read a compressed file without having to first uncompress it, use
-"zcat" or "zmore" to view it.
+"zcat" or "zless" to view it.
 		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
 %
 To repeat the last command in the C shell, type "!!".
@@ -282,7 +271,7 @@ will search '/', and all subdirectories,
 %
 To see all of the directories on your FreeBSD system, type
 
-	ls -R / | more
+	ls -R / | less
 		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
 %
 To see how long it takes a command to run, type the word "time" before the
@@ -322,12 +311,12 @@ been replaced with other messages, look 
 Want colour in your directory listings?  Use "ls -G".  "ls -F" is also useful,
 and they can be combined as "ls -FG".
 %
-Want to find a specific port, just type the following under /usr/ports,
+Want to find a specific port, just type the following
 or one its subdirectories:
 
-	"make search name=<port-name>"
+	"make -C /usr/ports search name=<port-name>"
     or
-	"make search key=<keyword>"
+	"make -C /usr/ports search key=<keyword>"
 %
 Want to know how many words, lines, or bytes are contained in a file? Type
 "wc filename".
@@ -479,3 +468,9 @@ when you are trying to find where in the
 Try "whereis firefox" and "whereis whereis".
 		-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
 %
+Want to run the same command again?
+In tcsh you can type "!!"
+%
+Want to go the directory you were just in?
+In tcsh you can type "cd -"
+%



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