All the Unix commands come with a number of optional and mandatory options. It is very common to forget the complete syntax of these commands.
Because no one can possibly remember every Unix command and all its options, we have online help available to mitigate this right from when Unix was at its development stage.
Unix's version of Help files are called man pages. If there is a command name and you are not sure how to use it, then Man Pages help you out with every step.
Syntax
Here is the simple command that helps you get the detail of any Unix command while working with the system −
$man command
Example
Suppose there is a command that requires you to get help; assume that you want to know about pwd then you simply need to use the following command −
$man pwd
The above command helps you with the complete information about the pwd command. Try it yourself at your command prompt to get more detail.
You can get complete detail on man command itself using the following command −
$man man
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