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The miracle of man pages

by George Bunyan on September 12th, 2006

Ever been checking out the terminal and find a mysterious command? Want to know how to use it?

Ever been told to read the documentation, yet not known where to find it?

Instead of the often paltry help provided by “command –help”, or being overwhelmed by switch upon switch, then look up the man page.

All you need to do is run the command “man command”

Want to know more about man pages? Then all you need to do is run “man man

The basics of browsing a manpage are simple enough, all that is required for basic reading is the arrow keys or Page Up/Down, as well as q to quit.

The miracles of the manual explained.

George Bunyan

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