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What is man Command In Linux?

Man Command help to Read Manual Page Inside the Terminal

Rajdeep Singh

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What is man Command In Linux?

Man Command Provide the user manual Interface, This Interface Help To Read Manual Page Reference of Any Command Inside Your Terminal.

Syntax:

man [OPTION]... [COMMANDS]...
Command Syntax.

Example:

man ls
Read Manual Page list Command

Result:

Output in your cmd Tool
Output in your cmd Tool
  • Press q inside your temnial You Quit The Command And Return Back.
  • Press h Read Summary of Commands

Options:

man -w:

This Flag Doesn’t display any manual pages but print the locations Of Command Which Place Save Inside Your Laptop.

output man Command result.
output man Command result.

man -f or man --whatis:

This Flag Show You a short description from the manual page if Description is available.

output man Command result.
output man Command option result.

man man:

this ways You Read also man Command Manual Page Information.

man Command Output
man Command Output

man --help:

This Flag Provides You help page document About man Command.

man Command Output with --help flag
man Command Output with --help flag

man --usage:

This Flag give you a short usage message about the Command.

man Command Output with --usage flag
man Command Output with --usage flag

man -V or man --version:

This Flag print man Comand version In You Terminal.

man Command Output Version
man Command Output Version

Note:

  • Man Command Provide Lots Off Option We Recommend You Visit Command Man Page For Learn More
  • Quit man Command simple use q for quit or Exit Command.use Keyboard arrow keys use For Scroll Page up for page up↑  and down for page down↓ keys.

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