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     LEARN(1)                    (panther)                    LEARN(1)

     NAME
          learn - computer aided instruction about UNIX

     SYNOPSIS
          learn [ -directory ] [ subject [ lesson  [ speed ] ] ]

     DESCRIPTION
          Learn gives CAI courses and practice in the use of UNIX.  To
          get started simply type `learn'.  The program will ask ques-
          tions to find out what you want to do.  The questions may be
          bypassed by naming a subject, and the last lesson number
          that learn told you in the previous session.  You may also
          include a speed number that was given with the lesson number
          (but without the parentheses that learn places around the
          speed number).  If lesson is `-', learn prompts for each
          lesson; this is useful for debugging.

          The subjects presently handled are

                editor
                eqn
                files
                macros
                morefiles
                C

          The special command `bye' terminates a learn session.

          The -directory option allows one to exercise a script in a
          nonstandard place.

     FILES
          /usr/learn and all dependent directories and files

     BUGS
          The main strength of learn, that it asks the student to use
          the real UNIX, also makes possible baffling mistakes.  It is
          helpful, especially for nonprogrammers, to have a UNIX ini-
          tiate near at hand during the first sessions.

          Occasionally lessons are incorrect, sometimes because the
          local version of a command operates in a non-standard way.
          Such lessons may be skipped, but it takes some sophistica-
          tion to recognize the situation.