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## Name
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man - read manual pages
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## Synopsis
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```**sh
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$ man page
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$ man section page
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```
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## Description
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`man` finds, loads and displays the so-called manual pages,
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or man pages for short, from the SerenityOS manual. You're reading
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the manual page for `man` program itself right now.
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## Sections
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The SerenityOS manual is split into the following *sections*, or *chapters*:
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1. User programs
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2. System calls
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3. Libraries
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4. Special files
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5. File formats
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6. Games
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7. Miscellanea
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8. Sysadmin tools
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Sections are subject to change in the future.
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## Examples
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To open documentation for the `echo` command:
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```sh
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$ man echo
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```
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To open the documentation for the `mkdir` command:
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```sh
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$ man 1 mkdir
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```
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Conversely, to open the documentation about the `mkdir()` syscall:
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```sh
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$ man 2 mkdir
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```
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## Files
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`man` looks for man pages under `/usr/share/man`. For example,
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this man page should be located at `/usr/share/man/man1/man.md`.
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## See Also
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* [`less`(1)](less.md) For the terminal pager that `man` uses by default
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