What Does the Man Command Do in the Linux Terminal?
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man command in Linux is used to display the user manual of any command that we can run on the terminal. It provides a detailed view of the command which includes NAME, SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, OPTIONS, EXIT STATUS, RETURN VALUES, ERRORS, FILES, VERSIONS, EXAMPLES, AUTHORS and SEE ALSO.

What is man bash?

Description. Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).

How do I open the man page in terminal?

Try it on your Mac: Open Terminal, type man ls , then press Return. The ls command’s man page is quite long, and you’ll need to press the spacebar several times to get to the bottom.

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