UNIX Basic commands: man

The man command displays the online manual pages.

The syntax for the man command is:

man [options] [ [section] subjects]

options:

-	Output is piped through the more command.
-d	Debug.
-F	Search the MANPATH directories.
-f files	Display a summary (one line) for each file.
-k keywords	Displays the header lines that contain any of the keywords.
-M path	Searchs in the path instead of the MANPATH directories.
-t	Format the pages with troff.
-T mac	Display using mac.

Examples:

man -f tech

* Please note that there are many flavors of UNIX, so if in doubt, consult your man pages.