The man command is short for manual. For example: $ man ls will show the manual page for the lscommand (list files in current directory). Whilst $ man man will show the manual pages for man!
The man command.
In Linux the man command displays the help(man page) for a command. man fdisk is "display the man page for command fdisk"
In terminal type: "man command", or "info command"
"man" is part of Linux. You could try "info" if you really wanted.
The purpose of a man page is to display instructions for the usage of a program.
The 'man' or the 'info' command have documentation about utilities and commands in the system.
At the command prompt, type 'man [command]' (removing the brackets and substituting the command for which you need information).
No, but the grand majority of them do. For more information: $ man command $ command --help
k is not a standard command in Linux.
The LS command: ls folder Type man ls for more details.
Using man ls will open the manual page for the ls command. The ls command lists the files and folders in the current directory.
The chmod command. For it's usage, consult it's manual page with the... $ man chmod command....