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@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ Below a bare minimum, to get started.
In order to start working, you probably first have to open a session by
giving your username and password.
The program
-.BR login (1)
+.MR login 1
now starts a
.I shell
(command interpreter) for you.
In case of a graphical login, you get a screen with menus or icons
and a mouse click will start a shell in a window.
See also
-.BR xterm (1).
+.MR xterm 1 .
.SS The shell
One types commands to the
.IR shell ,
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ Everybody has their own favorite one.
The standard one is called
.IR sh .
See also
-.BR ash (1),
-.BR bash (1),
-.BR chsh (1),
-.BR csh (1),
-.BR dash (1),
-.BR ksh (1),
-.BR zsh (1).
+.MR ash 1 ,
+.MR bash 1 ,
+.MR chsh 1 ,
+.MR csh 1 ,
+.MR dash 1 ,
+.MR ksh 1 ,
+.MR zsh 1 .
.P
A session might go like:
.P
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ will show the contents of a file.
(The name is from "concatenate and print": all files given as
parameters are concatenated and sent to "standard output"
(see
-.BR stdout (3)),
+.MR stdout 3 ),
here
the terminal screen.)
.P
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ And "find / \-name tel" would do the same, but starting at the root
of the tree.
Large searches on a multi-GB disk will be time-consuming,
and it may be better to use
-.BR locate (1).
+.MR locate 1 .
.SS Disks and filesystems
The command
.I mount
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ Hit the space bar to get the next page, hit q to quit.
.P
In documentation it is customary to refer to man pages
by giving the name and section number, as in
-.BR man (1).
+.MR man 1 .
Man pages are terse, and allow you to find quickly some forgotten
detail.
For newcomers an introductory text with more examples
@@ -288,18 +288,18 @@ and use a browser if you find HTML files there.
.\" Actual examples? Separate section for each of cat, cp, ...?
.\" gzip, bzip2, tar, rpm
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR ash (1),
-.BR bash (1),
-.BR chsh (1),
-.BR csh (1),
-.BR dash (1),
-.BR ksh (1),
-.BR locate (1),
-.BR login (1),
-.BR man (1),
-.BR xterm (1),
-.BR zsh (1),
-.BR wait (2),
-.BR stdout (3),
-.BR man\-pages (7),
-.BR standards (7)
+.MR ash 1 ,
+.MR bash 1 ,
+.MR chsh 1 ,
+.MR csh 1 ,
+.MR dash 1 ,
+.MR ksh 1 ,
+.MR locate 1 ,
+.MR login 1 ,
+.MR man 1 ,
+.MR xterm 1 ,
+.MR zsh 1 ,
+.MR wait 2 ,
+.MR stdout 3 ,
+.MR man\-pages 7 ,
+.MR standards 7