man

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

• Display the man page for a command:

man command

• Open the man page for a command in a browser (requires the BROWSER variable to be set):

man --html command

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

man 7 command

• List all available sections for a command:

man --whatis command

• Display the path searched for manpages:

man --path

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

man --where command

• Display the man page using a specific locale:

man --locale locale command

• Search for manpages containing a search string:

man --apropos "search_string"