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1.1     ! root        1: echo 'Look in a printed manual if you can for general help.  You should
        !             2: have someone show you some things and then read one of the tutorial papers
        !             3: (e.g. UNIX for Beginners or An Introduction to the C Shell) to get started.
        !             4: 
        !             5: The commands:
        !             6:        man -k keyword          lists commands relevant to keyword
        !             7:        man command             prints out the manual for a command
        !             8: are helpful; other basic commands are:
        !             9:        cat             - concatenates files (and just prints them out)
        !            10:        ex              - text editor
        !            11:        finger          - user information lookup program
        !            12:        ls              - list contents of directory
        !            13:        mail            - send and receive mail
        !            14:        msgs            - system messages and junk mail program
        !            15:        passwd          - change login password
        !            16:        tset            - set terminal modes
        !            17:        who             - who is on the system
        !            18:        write           - write to another user
        !            19: You could find programs about mail by the command:     man -k mail
        !            20: And print out the mail command documentation via:      man mail
        !            21: 
        !            22: You can logout by typing a control-d (if your prompt is $)
        !            23: or by typing ``logout'\'\'' if your prompt is %.'

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