The man command will look in the on-line manual for information on the commands, subroutines and files with the name title. This information will be presented on the screen one page at a time for the user to browse.

The information consists of:

PURPOSE : The title and a one-line description of the command

SYNTAX : The syntax of the command

DESCRIPTION : Many pages of information about the function and usage of the

command with examples

FLAGS : Description of available options

FILES : Any system files associated with the command

RELATED INFO : The names of any related commands

BUGS : Any information about the behavior/performance of the command in unusual circumstances

$ man <command for which you want the information>