topic Re: "if" man pages in Operating System - HP-UX

"if" man pages

Nuwan Wijesundera — Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:29:50 GMT

I am working in a hp_ux 11.11. I want to get man pages for "if, while" .But I can find those pages in the system. I have access to other general man pages. How can I find them.Do I need to install them seperately?
Thanx.

Re: "if" man pages

T G Manikandan — Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:32:18 GMT

do a

#man 1 sh-posix

Re: "if" man pages

Vijaya Kumar_3 — Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:55:56 GMT

The "if" is not a command in Unix. It is a shell built-in. Means it is not there as a executable but will be available in the shell.

So you have to refer to the respective shell manual pages for the reference.

If you use Korn Shell, refer "man ksh"

Thanks
Vijay

Re: "if" man pages

Ravi_8 — Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:59:20 GMT

Hi,

"if" is a shell script tool, not an unix command. Hence the man pages not available.

Re: "if" man pages

Hoefnix — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 01:45:13 GMT

also "man test" can give you some usefull information.

Regards,

Peter

Re: "if" man pages

Elmar P. Kolkman — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 01:45:14 GMT

To determine what man page to use, do:
type

In your case, 'type if' would return: 'if is a keyword', meaning it is a shell internal. So determine your shell ('echo $SHELL') and request that man page, because it should be described there.