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## Name

man - read manual pages

## Synopsis

```**sh
$ man page
$ man section page
```

## Description

`man` finds, loads and displays the so-called manual pages,
or man pages for short, from the SerenityOS manual. You're reading
the manual page for `man` program itself right now.

## Sections

The SerenityOS manual is split into the following *sections*, or *chapters*:

1. User programs
2. System calls
3. Libraries
4. Special files
5. File formats
6. Games
7. Miscellanea
8. Sysadmin tools

Sections are subject to change in the future.

## Examples

To open documentation for the `echo` command:
```sh
$ man echo
```

To open the documentation for the `mkdir` command:
```sh
$ man 1 mkdir
```
Conversely, to open the documentation about the `mkdir()` syscall:
```sh
$ man 2 mkdir
```

## Files

`man` looks for man pages under `/usr/share/man`. For example,
this man page should be located at `/usr/share/man/man1/man.md`.

## See Also

* [`less`(1)](less.md) For the terminal pager that `man` uses by default
Base: Write some initial man pages It ain't much, but it's honest work! 2019-09-21 00:47:00 +03:00			`## Name`

			`man - read manual pages`

			`## Synopsis`

			```**sh
			`$ man page`
			`$ man section page`
			```

			`## Description`

			`man` finds, loads and displays the so-called manual pages,
Man: Use ArgsParser to parse arguments 2020-02-18 16:54:29 +08:00			`or man pages for short, from the SerenityOS manual. You're reading`
Base: Write some initial man pages It ain't much, but it's honest work! 2019-09-21 00:47:00 +03:00			the manual page for `man` program itself right now.

			`## Sections`

Man: Use ArgsParser to parse arguments 2020-02-18 16:54:29 +08:00			`The SerenityOS manual is split into the following sections, or chapters:`
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man: Rename manual section 1 to "User programs" 2021-01-03 00:26:27 +00:00			`1. User programs`
Base: Write some initial man pages It ain't much, but it's honest work! 2019-09-21 00:47:00 +03:00			`2. System calls`
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			`4. Special files`
			`5. File formats`
			`6. Games`
			`7. Miscellanea`
			`8. Sysadmin tools`

			`Sections are subject to change in the future.`
Base: Write some initial man pages It ain't much, but it's honest work! 2019-09-21 00:47:00 +03:00
			`## Examples`

			To open documentation for the `echo` command:
			```sh
			`$ man echo`
			```

			To open the documentation for the `mkdir` command:
			```sh
			`$ man 1 mkdir`
			```
			Conversely, to open the documentation about the `mkdir()` syscall:
			```sh
			`$ man 2 mkdir`
			```

			`## Files`

			`man` looks for man pages under `/usr/share/man`. For example,
			this man page should be located at `/usr/share/man/man1/man.md`.
Documentation: Add less(1) man page, and link to it in others 2021-07-06 19:47:00 -06:00
			`## See Also`

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