General Introduction to Linux-man

Official Man http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/

The Man manual page is generally divided into several parts:

1. Commands or executables that users can manipulate in a shell environment

2. Functions and tools that the system kernel can invoke

3. Some common functions and function libraries (library), most of which are C libraries (LIBC)

4. Description of the device file, usually a file in/dev

5. configuration files or the format of some files

6. Game (Games)

7. Conventions and protocols, such as Linux file system, network protocol, ASCII code and other instructions

8. Administrative commands available to system administrators

9. Documents related to Kernel

Options View

man-k : Search for keywords, option equals apropos command

man-f: Find in the first few chapters, option equals Whatis command

man-w: find out where to search for help

man-d: returns the man execution process search lookup method, and the query manual is displayed by how to format the statement. will be listed.

manpath: Environment Variables

Makewhatis : re-establish the man database

Word string

[]: Can be omitted

<>: cannot be omitted

| : OR

... : Content can appear multiple

Paragraph

Name : command names

DESCRIPTION: A detailed description of the command function

Options : all option

Synopsis: using formats

EXAMPLES: Using the example

files: configuration files related to the current command

See ALSO: Other manuals available

Keys

Blank key to turn down a page

[Page DOWN] "B" turn down one page

[PAGE UP] "K" turn up one page

ctrl+d: turn half screen at the end of the file

Ctrl+u: Flip the screen to the file header

[Home] go to the first page

[End] go to the last page

/ Search down

? Search up

[N, N] jumps to [bottom, top] search results

Q End

General Introduction to Linux-man