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Manual

  • man [command] - get help on the command
  • man [section-number] [command] - get help on the command in the section given by * section-number
  • man -k [keyword] - find the commands which deals with the keyword
  • man -f [command] - one line help on the command
  • apropos is same as the man -k command - used to find commands associated with a particular * keyword
  • whatis is same as the man -f command - used to ge one line help on a command