man pages

[Mill]

how do i read man pages. when i type, for example, man 6, it asks what pages i want, but i dont know how to modify the command to include pages? :confused:

[Dark Ninja]

In order to read 'man' pages, you have to decide on what command you'd like to read about. For example, want to learn what the 'ls' command does, type

man ls

and you will get the information on 'ls.' If you just want to read about Linux, you'll have needed to install the files from the Linux Documentation Project. You can also find them online at Linux Documentation Project (http://www.linuxdoc.org).

Enjoy reading. There's a lot of great stuff to learn.


- Dark Ninja

[ 13 August 2001: Message edited by: Dark Ninja ]

[Gaccm]

Dark is right, but heres a little more info. some progs have more than 1 man page. like crontab. So if you do "man crontab" you get the first manapage. if you want another manapage, you need to do "man <number> crontab"

[Cri]

try 'man man' for details :)