man (display manual page)
Displays the manual pages on the screen. Displays one screen at a time. Press <space> to go to the next page. Press <q> to end the display.
Format: man command
Examples: man ls
command is the manual page that will display.
Opt | What It Does | Examples |
---|---|---|
-k string | List names of commands that include string in their description |
man -k copy strcpy (3) - copies a string cp (1) - copies files and directories |
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