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man

man是manual命令的简写，上学时学过为手动的用手的意思，这是名词为说明书的意思

man man # 使用这个命令可以查看man的使用方法

以下为man的描述

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 (“1 n l 8 3 2 3posix 3pm 3perl 5 4 9 6 7” by default, unless overridden by the SECTION directive in /etc/manpath.config), and to show only the first page found, even if page exists in several sections.

中文：

1. man命令是系统说明书的页面，man中的每个页面都是常用的程序、工具或方法的名字
2. 然后找到并显示与每个参数相关的页面
3. 如果有section的话，man会只看section的页面
4. 默认是搜索所有可用的页面

man的命令类型

seq	content_e	content_c	example
1	Executable programs or shell commands	常用的系统命令	man top
2	System calls (functions provided by the kernel)	系统调用	man 2 write
3	Library calls (functions within program libraries)		man 3 printf
4	Special files (usually found in /dev)	特殊文件,也就是/dev下的各种设备文件
5	File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd	文件的格式,比如passwd, 就会说明这个文件中各个字段的含义	man 5 passwd
6	Games
7	Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions), e.g. man(7), groff(7)	其他命令	man 7 environ
8	System administration commands (usually only for root)	only root	man 8 ifconfig

因为有些命令在很多page都有，比如write等，那么想要查询指定的页面命令必须加上页面号

sections

   Conventional  section  names  include NAME, SYNOPSIS, CONFIGURATION, DESCRIPTION, OPTIONS, EXIT STATUS, RETURN VALUE, ERRORS, ENVIRONMENT, FILES, VERSIONS, CON-FORMING TO, NOTES, BUGS, EXAMPLE, AUTHORS, and SEE ALSO.

name	content
NAME	命令名称
SYNOPSIS	简介
CONFIGURATION	配置
DESCRIPTION	描述
OPTIONS	参数
EXIT STATUS
RETURN VALUE	返回值
ERRORS
ENVIRONMENT
FILES
VERSIONS
CONFORMING TO
NOTES
BUGS
EXAMPLE	实例
AUTHORS	作者
SEE ALSO	其他

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