help(1) help(1)
NAME
help - ask for help in using SCCS
SYNOPSIS
help [args]
DESCRIPTION
help finds information to explain a message from an SCCS
command or explain the use of an SCCS command. Zero or more
arguments may be supplied. If no arguments are given, help
will prompt for one.
The arguments may be either message numbers (which normally
appear in parentheses following messages) or command names,
of one of the following types:
type 1 Begins with non-numerics, ends in numerics. The
non-numeric prefix is usually an abbreviation
for the program or set of routines which
produced the message (e.g., ge4, for message 6
from the get command).
type 2 Does not contain numerics (as a command, such as
get)
type 3 Is all numeric (e.g., 26)
The response of the program will be the explanatory
information related to the argument, if there is any.
When all else fails, try help stuck.
EXAMPLE
help he2
prints the message for error number he2.
FILES
/usr/bin/help
/usr/lib/help directory containing files of message
text.
/usr/lib/help/helploc
file containing locations of help files
not in /usr/lib/help. This file is
created by the user for user-defined help
messages.
DIAGNOSTICS
Use help(1) for explanations.
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