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man command »

Each page of the UNIX manual is available online. Just type man followed by the name of a command or topic. If there is no man page for the command you entered, you will get a message similar to: 

	joeuser% man mode
	No manual entry for mode.

If you are not sure the exact name of a command, you can find man pages related to a keyword by typing the command man -k keyword. For example: 

	suzieanteater% man -k mode
	chmod (1)        - change mode
	chmod (2)        - change mode of file
	chmod (3F)       - change mode of a file
	copymode (l)	 - copy modes from one file to another
	getty  (8)       - set terminal mode
	umask (2)        - set file creation mode mask
	umodem (1)       - UNIX-Based Remote File Transfer Facility

The number in parentheses after the topic name is the section number in the manual for that topic. The section number can be specified before the topic name in the man command, to get a particular command. For example: man chmod shows you the man page for chmod in Section 1 of the manual. man -s 2 chmod shows you the man page for chmod in the second section of the manual.

Additional information on the UNIX man command is available by typing man man.