024-the-man-command.md

The man command

The man command is used to display the manual of any command that we can run on the terminal. It provicdes information like: DESCRIPTION, OPTIONS, AUTHORS and more.

Examples:

1. Man page for printf:

man printf

2. Man page section 2 for intro:

man 2 intro

Syntax:

man [SECTION-NUM] [COMMAND NAME]

Additional Flags and their Functionalities:

Short Flag	Long Flag	Description
-f	-	Return the sections of an command
-a	-	Display all the manual pages of an command
-k	-	Searches the given command with RegEx in all man pages
-w	-	Returns the location of a given command man page
-I	-	Searches the command manual case sensitive