man

Format and display manual pages. More information: https://manned.org/man.

  • Display the man page for a command:

man command

  • Display the man page for a command from section 7:

man 7 command

  • List all available sections for a command:

man -f command

  • Display the path searched for manpages:

man --path

  • Display the location of a manpage rather than the manpage itself:

man -w command

  • Display the man page using a specific locale:

man command --locale=locale

  • Search for manpages containing a search string:

man -k "search_string"