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Old 04-22-2008
cygwin - sh-3.2$ help!

i am completely new to unix and am trying to learn with cygwin.

my problem is simple....


when i use the 'man' command, eg 'man cat'

id do not know how to get out of the manual!!!?

if i type '!' and Return,

rather than having just the $ prompt, it has 'sh-3.2$' as a command prompt.

i cant get out of this without completely closing and reopening cygwin again.

PWD : /usr/share/man

must be something simple!!!!????

ALso anyone reccomend any other way to practice unix on windopws other than Cygwin?
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Old 04-22-2008
To quit man, try the "q" command, but it depends on which pager you are using.

The "!" command started a new shell, which is running "underneath" the man. When you type "exit" at the prompt, you will be returned to the man program.

Cygwin is probably good enough unless you want a dual-boot system or VMware. Cygwin is not able to completely mask away the nastiness that is the underlying platform, but I hear it's doing a prett-ty good job these days.
 
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