Linux Primer Getting help about commands



Linux Primer: Getting help about commands


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8. Getting help about commands
Linux has two on-line documentation systems: man and
info. There is a man page for every command on the system, while
info is normally used to document applications from the Free Software
Foundation, such as EMACS (a text editor) and gcc (a C
compiler for programming).




man command

Display a manual page for the specified command. The "man" page provides a
brief explanation about the command, possible options and switches and
detailed information about using the command

apropos keyword

Displays a list of man pages that contain information about the supplied
keyword



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