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11 · The Command Line

man / --help

Get help on a command

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Built-in documentation: “man” opens a command's full manual, and most tools print a quick summary with “--help.”

Concrete example

Unsure what a flag does? “tar --help” lists every option without leaving the terminal.

Nearby in The Command Line

grepSearch text for a patternhead / tailFirst or last lines of a filePATHWhere the shell finds programsPipeFeed one command into the next
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