Manual Pages
A man page(short formanual page) is a form of software documentation usually found on a Unix or Unix-likeoperating system. Topics covered include computer programs(including library and system calls), formal standards and conventions, and even abstract concepts. A user may invoke a man page by issuing theman command.
By default, mantypically uses a terminal pager program such as more or less to display its output.
Sections
Section | Description |
---|---|
1 | General commands |
2 | System calls |
3 | Library functions, covering in particular the C standard library |
4 | Special files(usually devices, those found in /dev) and drivers |
5 | File formats and conventions |
6 | Games and screensavers |
7 | Miscellanea |
8 | System administration commands and daemons |
TLDR
brew install tldr