Viewing Man Pages for a Command
The Panther operating system includes hundreds of commands derived from the BSD UNIX operating system, that are accessible using the Terminal utility, and over 900 UNIX based programs. UNIX programs come packaged with their own help files. The help files or man (manual) pages are typically written by programmers for access by other programmers and system administrators. Unlike normal help for Macintosh applications, man pages do not appear in a help window, but in a normal text file format and they contain a wealth of information on the UNIX programs they support. Keep in mind that the instruction tends to be more technical, due to the nature of who they were designed for—other programmers and administrators. For ...
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