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 Subject :What's a MAN page?.. 2009-06-05 18:54:59 
jhanson
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What is a man page really? Does it mean manual page?
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 Subject :Re:What's a MAN page?.. 2009-06-06 06:55:01 
MikeW
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a man page is a "manual" page which provides information about a Linux command. You can access a man page by using man followed by a topic.

To view a man page, enter "man", followed by the desired topic.

man ls

The man pages are divided into nine separate categories. They're located in the /usr/share/man directory.
1 user commands and applications
2 system calls and kernel codes
3 library calls
4 device drivers and network protocols
5 file formats
6 games
7 miscellaneous
8 system admin commands
9 kernel specs and interfaces

Exit the man page by typing q.

For example, to view a list of all man pages that contain the keyword "security", enter:

man -k security

You would use "info" pages in the same manner.

info ls
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 Subject :Re:What's a MAN page?.. 2009-06-06 14:54:07 
jhanson
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@MikeW

Thanks for clearing that up but what distros use info?
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 Subject :Re:What's a MAN page?.. 2009-06-12 12:14:31 
tystorcher
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@jhanson any I think.

@ MikeW How are the pages accessed?
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 Subject :Re:Re:What's a MAN page?.. 2009-06-12 12:17:55 
aweber
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MikeW Wrote on 2009-06-06 06:55:01:
For example, to view a list of all man pages that contain the keyword "security", enter:

man -k security

After we see the lsit of man pages containing the keyword "security" we can make a selection thus displaying the man page
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