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| + | * [https://github.com/rprieto/tldr tldr: Simplified and community-driven man pages] | ||
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Man page format is a text format for help files. It is widely used on Unix and related computer systems.
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How to display
Man pages can be displayed by a standard utility named man. They are usually first installed in a central location.
The man utility can display files directly, without needing them to be installed, but the way to do that depends on the implementation. To display a file named, say, xyzformat.5, at least one of the following commands is likely to work:
$ man xyzformat.5 $ man ./xyzformat.5 $ man -l xyzformat.5 $ nroff -man xyzformat.5 $ groff -man -Tutf8 xyzformat.5
If all else fails, read the manual:
$ man man
Specifications
Or run:
$ man 7 man
