The man Command

Each page of the Unix manual is available online. Just type "man" followed by the name of a command or topic. You may get the message: Reformatting page. Wait... This occurs because only some of the manuals are kept online in readable form. The rest must be formatted before they can be read. This helps to reduce the amount of disk space used. If you get a message like... No manual entry for mode. ...try using the "-k" option to find keywords. For example, % man -k mode chmod (1) - change mode chmod (2) - change mode of file chmod (3F) - change mode of a file copymode (LOCAL) - copy modes from one file to another getty (8) - set terminal mode umask (2) - set file creation mode mask umodem (1) - Version 3.1--UNIX-Based Remote File Transfer Facility The number in parentheses after the topic name is the section number in the manual for that topic. The section number can be specified before the topic name in the "man" command. For example:

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