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CS1 Environment: Introduction to man Pages


man is the Linux help manual. To use the man pages type man followed by the name of the command you wish help on, for example:

man cp

Will give you a listing of what the cp command is used for, its synoposis, description and options.

For help on man itself type:

man man




Kathleen McLean
Last modified: Tue Sep 21 14:33:28 BST 1999