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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: HELP ME PLEASE!!!
Message-ID: <14418@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 10 Nov 90 07:23:52 GMT
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In article <17304@yunexus.YorkU.CA> tony@nexus.yorku.ca (Tony Wallis) writes:
>The Unix neophyte does not need RTFM.  They need an introduction to
>the spirit/feel/philosophy/callitwhatyouwill.  And the best place to
>get that is from someone who does Unix and is willing to give the time.

The UNIX Reference Manual is not really intended as a tutorial anyway.
However, there should be tutorials in your documentation set.  If not,
most bookstores these days seem to have dozens of UNIX tutorial books.
One-on-one instruction is most unusual, probably because it's expensive.