UNIX man command

The man command displays manual entries from the User Commands Reference Manual. The format is

man command

Typing man ls, for example, displays the manual page for the ls command at your terminal. To page through the output, press the Return key. To exit, type Ctrl-c.

Useful options

man -k pattern

print a list of all UNIX commands whose NAME section of their manual page contains the pattern you specify. For example,

man -k uscp

prints a list of commands that deal with uscp.