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authorAdam Vandenberg2011-05-30 21:34:42 -0700
committerAdam Vandenberg2011-05-30 21:34:42 -0700
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Add 'essential commands' section to man page.
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Prints extra, command-specific debugging information.
Note that `brew -v` by itself is the same as `brew --version`.
+## ESSENTIAL COMMANDS
+
+For the full command list, see the COMMANDS section.
+
+ * `install` <formula>:
+ Install <formula>.
+
+ * `remove` <formula>:
+ Uninstall <formula>.
+
+ * `update`:
+ Fetch the newest version of Homebrew from GitHub using `git`(1).
+
+ * `list`:
+ List all installed formulae.
+
+ * `search`, `-S` <text>|/<text>/:
+ Perform a substring search of formula names for <text>. If <text> is
+ surrounded with slashes, then it is interpreted as a regular expression.
+ If no search term is given, all available formula are displayed.
+
## COMMANDS
* `-v`, `--version`: