man Command Examples

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 (BROWSER environment variable can replace =browser_name):

man {{[-Hbrowser_name|--html=browser_name]}} {{command}}

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

man {{7}} {{command}}

• List all available sections for a command:

man {{[-f|--whatis]}} {{command}}

• Display the path searched for manpages:

man {{[-w|--path]}}

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

man {{[-w|--where]}} {{command}}

• Display the man page using a specific locale:

man {{[-L|--locale]}} {{locale}} {{command}}

• Search for manpages containing a search string:

man {{[-k|--apropos]}} "{{search_string}}"