9 examples for man

  # Shows the manual for using the command 'ls'
man ls
        

  # Searches for all manual pages which mention "ruby"
man -K "ruby"
        

  # Show the ASCII table
man ascii
        

  # Search man page names and short descriptions for STRING
man -k STRING
        

  # Search the section 3 of the manual for entry "printf"
man 3 printf
        

  # Shows the manual for the conditional operator, '['
man [
        

  # Buscar a que seccion pertenece el man page de un comando
# Similiar al comando whatis
man -f STRING
        

  # Opens up the manual page for the command 'touch'
man touch
        

  # Opens up the manual page for the command 'machine'
man machine