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.

OptWhat It DoesExamples
-k stringList 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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