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man

The man command line is used to display manual pages for commands on Linux. With man, users can learn about command usage, parameters, options, and other information.

$

Command name

Display all pages (-a)

Display output containing ANSI escape codes as plain text (-C)

Print the macro definitions used by man (-D)

Equivalent to the whatis command (-f)

Equivalent to the whatis command, ignoring letter case (-F)

Display help information (-h)

Equivalent to the apropos command (-k)

Equivalent to the apropos command, ignoring letter case (-K)

Print search results one line at a time to the terminal (-l)

Print search results one line at a time to the terminal, ignoring letter case (-L)

Search all manpath directories for all manual pages (-m)

Search all directories in manpath, including subdirectories (-r)

Do not output results, only show the path of the manual page (-w)

Specify the manpath directory where man will search for manual pages (-d)

Similar to the -m option, but only searches the specified manpath directory (-M)

Specify the pager to use (-P)

Specify the manual section to search (-S)

Example

Display the manual page for the ls command: man ls
Display the NAME section for the ls command: man -f ls
Display all manual pages related to ls: man -k ls
Display the DESCRIPTION section for the ls command: man -d ls
Display the OPTIONS section for the ls command: man -h ls
Equivalent to the whatis command: man -f ls
Display the path of the manual page: man -w ls

Note: Here, the ls command is just an example and can be replaced with any other command.

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