FAQ: Linux Shell Utilities - Access Documentation in Linux

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This community-built FAQ covers the “Access Documentation in Linux” exercise from the lesson “Linux Shell Utilities”.

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Introduction to Linux

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BETA version of linux course:
man ls and man man both didnt work in the web-interface-terminal

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I ran into the same thing.

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Same thing for me. Is there anyway to skip past this exercise and continue on with the course, or do we have to wait until they fix it?

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Same here. It throws:
bash: man: command not found.
Not being able to continue the course should be fixed, too

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I also am having this issue.

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non of the commands worked for me either:
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I can still progress through to the next section, but nothing has been learned in this one.
Disappointing!!

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Man commands are still not working.

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I have ran into this same issue, is there a work around yet?

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Hey everyone :wave:

Appears this is a common issue so I’ve gone ahead and reported it, hopefully we can get a fix soon!

Happy coding all :slight_smile:

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I’m still having this issue as well. I typed all the commands it asked me to and was able to proceed with the course despite not really know what the commands are supposed to do.

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am having the same issue not being able to continue whith the course since the terminal doesn’t reconize the words am copying and pasting in bash

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man still not working now

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man and info files in /usr/bin/ missing.

Issue first reported in March 22 and still has not been fixed!

Cannot progress course due to this issue.

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Hi @notlyall , any updates on when this will be fixed? I’d like to finish this course soon. Thanks!

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Hey!

I don’t have any more information than you do unfortunately, best to check with customer support via https://help.codecademy.com :slightly_smiling_face:

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Have you tried resetting the exercise? You can do so by clicking Get Unstuck in the upper right corner, then resetting will be one of the options.

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Woops! I thought you were staff. I think its fixed now and I managed to progress with the course. Thanks

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Looks like the issue still exist. I know it’s been a few months, but how did you manage to get past it? I’ve reached out to customer support. Hopefully they’ll fix it soon.