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every time i can't remember how to use a command (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by atmur@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

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this image comes to mind every time i use man pages

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[-] snek@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

man is a command in linux to bring up the manuals/docs

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/man-command-in-linux-with-examples/

If you're on a linux distro, you could type:

man ls which would fetch you the manual for ls, which lists files and dirs for you. However, I think it's more common for users to use ls --help instead, which would show the same manual information.

(sorry if you already knew this, but it looked almost like you were asking what this means and then a bunch of linux users just joked around without explaining anything XD)