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Getting help in man Page

susee_sundar — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:32:59 GMT

Hi.,

Anybody Tell me how to get the help from the MAN
command.

$ man < command name >
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Apart from this is their any swith with man command for simply finding the syntax of the command line.

And tell me what is man(1).,man(2).,man(3)
And its Syntax .....

Re: Getting help in man Page

Martin Hejtmanek — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:40:50 GMT

Hi,

Try to check $man man

in manual page for man you find answer for all your questions about man.

Regards

Martin

Re: Getting help in man Page

inventsekar_1 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:00:28 GMT

Susee sundar,

refer this page: [#man man]
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60127/man.1.html

[most of the vi commands will work inside a man page with simple changes. or simply thing like more command.]

and read the man page for the command "more"
#man more
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60127/more.1.html
most of the options u can use inside a man page.

for example:
to search for a string "SEE ALSO"
u need to do /SEE ALSO

Re: Getting help in man Page

Arunvijai_4 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:16:23 GMT

Hi Susee,

You can easily do it by,

First install/create 'whatis' library by # catman -m
once it is done, search by # man -k

-Arun

Re: Getting help in man Page

susee_sundar — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:56:31 GMT

Hi.,

Tell me what is the different between.

Man(1)
Man(2)
Man(5)

How can we look for the following man pages:-

#man(1) cat
#man(2) cat
#man(5) cat

By default Whcich one man command will look for..

.................

Re: Getting help in man Page

inventsekar_1 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 04:07:50 GMT

HI Susee Sundar,
/* tell me what is man(1).,man(2).,man(3)
And its Syntax ..... */

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60127/pr01.html

The manpages are divided into sections that also have introduction, or intro, manpages that describe the contents. These are:

intro(1) Part I, â Section 1: User Commandsâ

intro(1M) Part II, â Section 1M: System Administration Commandsâ

intro(2) Part III, â Section 2: System Callsâ

intro(3C) Part IV, â Section 3: Library Functionsâ

intro(4) Part V, â Section 4: File Formatsâ

intro(5) Part VI, â Section 5: Miscellaneous Topicsâ

intro(7) Part VII, â Section 7: Device (Special) Filesâ

intro(9) Part VIII, â Section 9: General Informationâ

to understand this, take this example:
======================================
#man -k passwd
man -k passwd
passwd_export ("1m") - Creates local password and group files
passwd_import ("1m") - Creates registry database entries based on information in UNIX group and password files
passwd_override ("5") - The registry database override file
dialups, d_passwd(4) - dialup security control
lckpwdf(), ulckpwdf()(3C) - control access to /etc/passwd file
nispasswd(1) - change NIS+ password information
passwd(1) - change login password and associated attributes
passwd(4) - password file, pwd.h
rpc.nispasswdd, nispasswdd(1M) - NIS+ password update daemon
yppasswd( )(3N) - update user password in Network Information Service
yppasswd(1) - change login password in Network Information System (NIS)
yppasswdd(1M) - daemon for modifying Network Information Service passwd database
======================================
note that:
passwd(1) - change login password and associated attributes
passwd(4) - password file, pwd.h

so to refer the man page for the command passwd---> man 1 passwd
to refer the passwd file /etc/passwd
----> man 4 passwd

if u give simply "man passwd" passwd(1) u will get by default.

Re: Getting help in man Page

Peter Nikitka — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 06:33:46 GMT

Hi,

i have to correct Arun: creating the really valuable whatis database is done via

catman -w

See 'man catman' ;-)
NB:
- run with full MANPATH setup
- run as root

mfG Peter

Re: Getting help in man Page

Mark Ellzey — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:36:31 GMT

Lord help me for admitting this, but I still have the *printed* version of the man pages for HP-UX version 9.

Never open them, tho, but they look neat on the bookshelf!

ME