man(1) man(1)
NAME
man - format and display the on-line manual pages
SYNOPSIS
man [-acdfFhkKtwW] [--path] [-m system] [-p string] [-C config_file]
[-M pathlist] [-P pager] [-B browser] [-H htmlpager] [-S section_list]
[section] name ...
There is no *then can select the desired man page number", it is not like a book with an index... its a online documentation of a command therefore you type man <command> in ordinary usage, if you want a manual ( undestand book) then there are plenty on the market, look in the "dummies" FAQ...
You would usually find the man pages on a linux at /usr/share/man
If you go in /usr/share/man/man1 you will find here all the users unix/linux commands manuals...
Hello ,
I just installed openssh in my system . I actually tried to man sshd but it says no entry , though there is a man directory in the installation which have the man pages for sshd .
Can anyone tell me how should i install these man pages .
DP (2 Replies)
Hi,
I wnat to create my own man pages, but I can't find a good description of the troff language.
Knows somebaody a good docu including examples??
Thx Bensky (2 Replies)
Hi,
I've written now a man pages, but I don't knwo how to get 'man' to view them. Where have I to put this files, which directories are allowed??
THX Bensky (3 Replies)
When reading man pages, I notice that sometimes commands are follwed by a number enclosed in parenthesis. such as:
mkdir calls the mkdir(2) system call.
What exactly does this mean? (4 Replies)
Hi everyone,
I have a small query, in solaris the man pages get displayed on half of the terminal , can i get a full terminal or full screen display ?:) (2 Replies)
Can anyone supply me with the man pages for:
omnidatalist
omnibarlist
omnisap.exe
I prefer the source man pages in nroff format.
A clue about the software bundles which supply these man pages is fine as well.
OS: HP-UX
TIA (11 Replies)
"how to see the man pages related to pthreads". while executing the command man pthread_t . im getting the following error!!!!!
No manual entry for pthread. (3 Replies)
How would I go about making a list of all man pages beginning with the letter "a"?
I have tried:
man a*
man *
man
man {a}*
man {a*}
man "a*"
man 'a'*
man 'a*' (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Xubuntu56
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
whatis
whatis(1) User Commands whatis(1)NAME
whatis - display a one-line summary about a keyword
SYNOPSIS
whatis command...
DESCRIPTION
whatis looks up a given command and displays the header line from the manual section. You can then run the man(1) command to get more
information. If the line starts name(section)... you can do man -ssection name to get the documentation for it. Try whatis ed and then you
should do man -s 1 ed to get the manual page for ed(1).
whatis is actually just the -f option to the man(1) command.
whatis uses the /usr/share/man/windex database. This database is created by catman(1M). If this database does not exist, whatis will fail.
FILES
/usr/share/man/windex Table of contents and keyword database
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWdoc |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|CSI |Enabled |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO apropos(1), man(1), catman(1M), attributes(5)SunOS 5.11 14 Sep 1992 whatis(1)