Look-up Online Manual

The command man gives you access to an on-line manual containing a complete description of every command available on this system.

man can also provide you with one line descriptions of commands specified by name; or for all commands whose description contains any of a set of keywords.

• Understanding the organisation of the manual
• Searching by keyword
• Checking the description of a command
• Viewing manual pages
• Printing manual pages

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