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Geeko Manual Pages (man pages) is collection of documentation that is possible to find on any *nix operating system, including Linux. They describe all aspects of Linux, from commands and file formats to programmers references.


Contents

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Organization

It is organized in numbered sections:

  1. Executable programs or shell commands
  2. System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
  3. Library calls (functions within program libraries)
  4. Special files (usually found in /dev)
  5. File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd
  6. Games
  7. Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions), e.g. man(7), groff(7)
  8. System administration commands (usually only for root)
  9. Kernel routines ( Non standard )
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How to read

There is few ways to read manual pages.

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Classic

  • The standard is using CLI (console) command 
man <name_of_file>

where the most common is to type in command name.

Example: 

man man

will list how to use command man.


  • Alternatively you can use: 
info (command name)
  • Or you can use apropos which is a command line tool that searches the man (manual) pages for descriptions that match what you type after it.

For example: 

apropos list


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Konqueror

Type in Location: (where usually goes http:// etc) 

man:<name_of_file>

and it will list file content, or selection list if few files in different sections have the same name.

Example:

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Click on first item in the list /usr/share/man/man1/man1.gz and there it is the man page about command man:

Happy reading.

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See Also

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