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How does “man” restore the screen when I quit the program?
If I open a man page of a program like cat or ls, it prints (may not be the appropriate word) the contents of the man page and when I press q, it shows the screen just like before invoking the man ...
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Can I create a man page for a script? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I add man page entries for my own power tools?
Most (if not all) Linux commands have their man pages that describe their usage options etc.
Can I create similar ...
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The most brutal man page [closed]
What is the most brutal man page that ever exists? Some man pages are hard to read / understand since they aren't well written / complete in term of details but some exist although they are ...
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Call man in bash shell for command under cursor
In zsh I can do Esc h for any command, get man page for this command, quit from the man pager and get my command back with all arguments. For example in my shell is entered:
zsh# tar -czvf docs.tgz ...
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'man' page is too narrow (not taking advantage of terminal size)
I'm making my first 'man' page and I'm using groff to do it. However, when I "compile" it and view it, it only takes up a certain amount of columns in my terminal. I've tried viewing other man pages ...
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Can I get individual man pages for the bash builtin commands?
Is there anywhere you can download a manpage for every builtin commands?
I know you can just use help or man bash and search to find info about it, but I want them separated, so I can just do man ...
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What are the difference between man1, man2, man3… folders? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What do the numbers in a man page mean?
What are the differences between manX pages?
Why are they separated?
