Questions tagged [man]
'man' is a command for accessing documentation on Linux and other Unix and Unix-like systems.
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How do I find info about "sticky bits" from within Linux without having to use Google?
When I type:
$ man -k sticky
I get:
sticky: nothing appropriate
Surely there is information within the Linux OS somewhere (without having to go to Google) about sticky bits - what they are, how to ...
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man page command: man 3 vs. man
I'm wondering what's the difference between man 3 command vs man command?
I read in Wikipedia that man 3 is used in Linux in section 3 of the man pages. And section 3 refers to Library functions, ...
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Pointing man pages to different location
In my environment, I am installing a different vendor SSH server other than openSSH tended to meet our environment needs. When I issue a man ssh command, for example, I want it to point to the new ...
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Fedora 17 LXDE missing man 2 and man 3 C functions
everyone.
I am using Fedora 17, and I need to refer to some C functions, but man 2 malloc or man 3 malloc ( malloc for example ) are not working. Also man (function) is not working too. Any clues? I ...
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Some man pages not found
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. I had Fedora a couple of years back and I saw the man pages for the following there:
unistd.h,
sys/types.h,
standard typedefs (suffixed by "_t") etc.
I tried this:
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Installed Git via homebrew on OSX , man file problems, other potential problems?
I installed Git via homebrew, on OSX 10.8, with an already existing version of Git. The new version wouldn't show up, so I renamed the old git files (git, gitk etc...)in /usr/bin , to *-old. Now the ...
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Sometimes you are feeling down, you want to 'man up' -- how can I add this manual entry in unix?
Cris-Mac-Book-2:src cris$ man up
No manual entry for up
How can I remedy this situation?
I want to add an 'invented' manual entry for a non-existant command up so I can type man up when required. ...
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How do I execute a Linux command whilst using the less command or within the man pages?
I generally pipe the command ls with less and would like to execute a command while it is paging e.g. I come across a file that I would like to delete so I would like to execute the command rm {...
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Why does "ulimit -t 5" have no effect on "less" or "man", but work on "yes"?
If I run
$ ulimit -t 5
$ yes
then yes gets killed after 5 seconds, but man and less/more don't.
Why are those two immune to ulimit?
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what is (3pm), when I run apropos Unicode in see entries like this Unicode::CharName (3pm)
apropos unicode
Pango::ScriptIter (3pm) - used to break a string of Unicode into runs by text
Unicode::CharName (3pm) - Look up Unicode character names
Unicode::Map (3pm) - (unknown subject)
Unicode:...
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Cant find the term firewire in a man page - ubuntu
I went into a man page by typing man man and then typing /firewire but I keep getting a message that says 'pattern not found'. I have tried every possible solution
If the way I'm doing things is ...
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linux man command in different languages
I want view man pages in Russian. Is it possible to do this? If yes, what do I need to do? Can I install it just using apt-get? I tried to google, but didn't find an answer.
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.1.
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Open man-page with less [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to let man utility to use less to display manual rather than more?
How can i open up the Man-page for a command with the less-editor?
Alternatively, how can i find the ...
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Local man page sections
I'm reading a book on administration and I'm wondering whether my answers are correct related to the man command. I'm running Ubuntu.
Question 1: How would you read sync’s local man page that was ...
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bash: colorized man page
Where do I have to take a look at in the system to colorize the man pages?
The man pages are viewed with less, so I tried adding the following lines to my .bashrc to change the colors: (Which works ...
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