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"if" man pages

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?
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T G Manikandan
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Re: "if" man pages

do a

#man 1 sh-posix
Vijaya Kumar_3
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Re: "if" man pages

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"

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Vijay
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Ravi_8
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Re: "if" man pages

Hi,

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

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

Regards,

Peter
Elmar P. Kolkman
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Re: "if" man pages

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.
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