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 * [[https://manned.org/|manned.org]] - online repository of manual pages from several different distros, and links to more manual page sites

Translation(s): English - Español - Français - Italiano

manpage is short for Manual Page. A manual page should give a description of a CommandLine options, configuration file syntax, etc. and a few examples.

The man-db package includes three tools for finding information and/or documentation about your Linux system: man, apropos and whatis.

The man command formats and displays on-line manual pages about commands or functions on your system. To view a manual page, one simply types "man foo". The manual page is formatted and displayed by the $PAGER.

The apropos command searches the whatis database (containing short descriptions of system commands) for a string.

The whatis command searches its own database for a complete word.

The manpages package should be installed on your system because it is the primary way for find documentation on a Linux system.

The manual pages are stored in /usr/share/man.

Translations, locales

  • You can install translated pages in your language (available in normal packages or translation packages like manpages-fr) and select them using locales.

Reading manual pages in graphical environments

  • The x11-apps package contains xman, a manual page browser for the XWindow system.

  • Gnome's help system lets you search and read manual pages.
  • KDE's Khelpcenter supports manual page browsing and reading.

See also

CategoryCommandLineInterface

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