Command Assistant Applet

The Command Assistant applet provides quick access to Oracle Solaris documentation such as man pages and administration guides, based on the given search query.

By default, the Command Assistant applet is not installed. You can install the Command Assistant applet by using packagemanager(1) or by typing the following command as a root user:

# pkg install cmdassist

After installing the Command Assistant applet, you have to manually add the applet to a panel. For more information about adding launchers to a panel, see How to A dd a Launcher to a Panel From the Panel Pop-up Menu.

The Command Assistant applet displays a list of references to the documentation that can be opened in a browser by clicking the required reference. The search terms are matched against the available command-line examples in documentation, making it easy to find references for commands. For example, you can access useradd, zpool create, and many other commands.

The following example shows the available commands in documentation that you can use with the zpool create command.

Figure 4-12  Command Assistant Search Example