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* [http://primates.ximian.com/~flucifredi/man/ man] | * [http://primates.ximian.com/~flucifredi/man/ man] | ||
* [http://man-db.nongnu.org/ man-db] | * [http://man-db.nongnu.org/ man-db] | ||
| + | * [http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/ GNU troff (groff)] | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Man page|Wikipedia: Man page]] | * [[Wikipedia:Man page|Wikipedia: Man page]] | ||
* [https://github.com/rprieto/tldr tldr: Simplified and community-driven man pages] | * [https://github.com/rprieto/tldr tldr: Simplified and community-driven man pages] | ||
Revision as of 00:36, 24 July 2014
Man page format is a text format for help files. It is widely used on Unix and related computer systems.
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How to display
Man pages can be displayed by a standard utility named man. They are usually first installed in a central location.
The man utility can display files directly, without needing them to be installed, but the way to do that depends on the implementation. To display a file named, say, xyzformat.5, at least one of the following commands is likely to work:
$ man xyzformat.5 $ man ./xyzformat.5 $ man -l xyzformat.5 $ nroff -man xyzformat.5 $ groff -man -Tutf8 xyzformat.5
If all else fails, read the manual:
$ man man
Specifications
Or run:
$ man 7 man
