#Name

man - read manual pages

#Synopsis

$ man page
$ man section page

#Description

man finds, loads and displays the so-called manual pages, or man pages for short, from the SerenityOS manual. You're reading the manual page for man program itself right now.

#Options

• -P pager, --pager pager: Pager to pipe the man page to

#Examples

To open documentation for the echo command:

$ man echo

To open the documentation for the mkdir command:

$ man 1 mkdir

Conversely, to open the documentation about the mkdir() syscall:

$ man 2 mkdir

#Files

man looks for man pages under /usr/share/man. For example, this man page should be located at /usr/share/man/man1/man.md.

#See Also

• less(1) For the terminal pager that man uses by default
• Help(1) To read these same man pages in a GUI
• man(7) For an overview on how manpages are organized