man

Display command manual pages.

Last updated: 2026-07-05 Report error

Syntax

$man [OPTIONS] [SECTION] COMMAND

Examples

$man ls

Examples

$man 5 passwd

Examples

$man -k keyword

Typical use cases

Command help

man command

Search by section

man 5 filename

Search by keyword

man -k searchterm

Note Section 1 covers commands; section 5 covers configuration file formats.

Export