They are different ways of presenting documentation for applications in Linux. man pages are typically single pages, while info pages are somewhat more friendly looking, and spread out across multiple pages.
Man (or manual) pages
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In Linux the man command displays the help(man page) for a command. man fdisk is "display the man page for command fdisk"
"man" is part of Linux. You could try "info" if you really wanted.
Try the man pages. In a terminal type man shutdown
Displays the detailed status of a particular file or a file system. You can always refer manual pages for linux commands using the terminal using the "man" keyword before the actual command. ex:- man stat
To shut down an FTP server in Linux, you would generally use "ftpshut." The command syntax can vary slightly, so check your man pages for the correct syntax.
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!
In my opinion, the most commonly used Linux commands are: ls - list files and folders in a directory CD - change directory mkdir - make a directory cp - copy mv - move/rename rm - remove man - manual pages find - um, find Having a good command of all of these and you should be able to navigate around in the command line comfortably.
useradd <username> <other-options> For detailed information, please refer the man (manual) pages ex: man useradd
If This Is a Man has 179 pages.