Fetch documentation for a given topic.

Synopsis

man <topic>

Description

Fetches documentation for a given topic from sliccy.com, the same set of pages this site publishes under /man/.

Examples

$ man ls

Show the man page for ls.

$ man grep

Show the man page for grep.

Notes

Fetches over the network; requires connectivity to sliccy.com. This is the mechanism behind the /man/ pages on this site.

See Also

help, commands