Name
man
Synopsis
man [options
] [section
] [title
]
Displays information from the online reference manuals. man locates and prints the named title
from the designated reference section
.
Options
- -a
Show all pages matching title.
-
-C
filename
Uses
filename
as the config file, instead of /usr/share/misc/man.conf.- -d
Display debugging information. Suppress actual printing of manpages.
- -f
Same as whatis command.
- -h
Print help and exit.
- -k
Same as apropos command.
-
-m
systems
Search
systems
' manpages.systems
should be a comma-separated list.-
-M
path
Search for manpages in
path
. Ignore -m option.-
-p
preprocessors
Preprocess manpages with
preprocessors
before turning them over to nroff, troff, or groff. Always runs soelim first.-
-P
pager
Select paging program
pager
to display the entry.-
-S
sections
Define colon-separated list of
sections
to search.- -t
Format the manpage with troff.
- -w
Print pathnames of entries on standard output.
Section names
Manpages are divided into sections, depending on their intended audience:
-
1
Executable programs or shell commands.
-
2
System calls (functions provided by the kernel).
-
3
Library calls (functions within system libraries).
-
4
Special files (usually found in /dev).
-
5
File formats and conventions.
-
6
Games.
-
7
Macro packages and conventions.
-
8
System administration commands (usually only for a privileged user).
-
9
Kernel routines (nonstandard).
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