интерфейс к системным справочным руководствам (an interface to the system reference manuals)
Имя (Name)
man - an interface to the system reference manuals
Синопсис (Synopsis)
man [man options] [[section] page ...] ...
man -k [apropos options] regexp ...
man -K [man options] [section] term ...
man -f [whatis options] page ...
man -l [man options] file ...
man -w|-W [man options] page ...
Описание (Description)
man is the system's manual pager. Each page argument given to
man is normally the name of a program, utility or function. The
manual page associated with each of these arguments is then found
and displayed. A section, if provided, will direct man to look
only in that section of the manual. The default action is to
search in all of the available sections following a pre-defined
order (see DEFAULTS), and to show only the first page found, even
if page exists in several sections.
The table below shows the section numbers of the manual followed
by the types of pages they contain.
1 Executable programs or shell commands
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
3 Library calls (functions within program libraries)
4 Special files (usually found in /dev)
5 File formats and conventions, e.g. /etc/passwd
6 Games
7 Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions),
e.g. man(7), groff(7)
8 System administration commands (usually only for root)
9 Kernel routines [Non standard]
A manual page consists of several sections.
Conventional section names include NAME, SYNOPSIS, CONFIGURATION,
DESCRIPTION, OPTIONS, EXIT STATUS, RETURN VALUE, ERRORS,
ENVIRONMENT, FILES, VERSIONS, CONFORMING TO, NOTES, BUGS,
EXAMPLE, AUTHORS, and SEE ALSO.
The following conventions apply to the SYNOPSIS section and can
be used as a guide in other sections.
bold text type exactly as shown.
italic text replace with appropriate argument.
[-abc] any or all arguments within [ ] are optional.
-a|-b options delimited by | cannot be used
together.
argument ... argument is repeatable.
[expression] ... entire expression within [ ] is repeatable.
Exact rendering may vary depending on the output device. For
instance, man will usually not be able to render italics when
running in a terminal, and will typically use underlined or
coloured text instead.
The command or function illustration is a pattern that should
match all possible invocations. In some cases it is advisable to
illustrate several exclusive invocations as is shown in the
SYNOPSIS section of this manual page.
