man(1) - SerenityOS man pages

#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

#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