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Linux man -f (whatis)This command works like 'whatis' command which we'll study in later sections. It searches for the manual page name for a given command and displays the result with a short description about the particular manual page. The above example shows all the manual pages along with a short description of that page. Next TopicLinux man -k |
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This command is used to view all the sections of a particular topic in a man page. There are two sections for command 'chmod' as you can see above. So you can choose any of the sections either (1) that is executable programs or (2) that is...
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Linux man -k (apropos) This command will display all type of results related to your keyword search in the man page just like apropos (which we'll study in later sections) does. It can be useful in the case when you don't know the exact name of a...
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Linux whereis -m This command is used to find the location of a man page. Above image shows two locations of chmod as it has two sections (1) and (2). TopicWhatis command in Linux ...
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The whatis command is used to get brief information about Linux commands or functions. It displays the manual page description in a single line of the command that passes with the whatis command. It searches for the strings that have been passed with it from its...
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This commnd help us to show all the man page sections of a particular topic. Sections will come in ascending order that is lowest section number will come first. To go to the section press 'q' and then enter. In the below picture, we have given the...
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Linux Man Command The "man" is a short term for manual page. In unix like operating systems such as linux, man is an interface to view the system's reference manual. A user can request to display a man page by simply typing man followed by a space and then argument....
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