man
PURPOSE
Display manual entries online.
SYNOPSIS
man [ -e [ editor ] ] [ -n ] [ section ] title
DESCRIPTION
The man command locates and displays the entries for the
specified title and section of the on-line manual. If
specified, man displays entries through editor. If an
editor is not specified, man displays entries by default
through the editor set by the EDITOR environment vari-
able. If the EDITOR environment variable is not set, then
the entry is displayed on standard output.
The section number may be one of the following:
1. Commands and Application Programs
2. System Calls
3. Subroutines
4. Special Files
5. File Formats
6. Games
7. Miscellaneous Facilities.
If no section is specified, then all sections are
searched for each title and all such occurrences are dis-
played; if a given title is not found in the specified
section, then all sections are searched for that title.
Note: This command is a Request for Product Change (RPC)
command purchased separately and is not part of the
standard AIX Operating System package.
FLAG
-e editor Displays entries with the specified editor.
-e - Does not display entries with the editor.
-n Displays entries without pagination.
FILES
/usr/man/man[1-7]/*
EXAMPLES
1. To display the man entry on standard output when the
EDITOR variable is not set:
man man
2. To view section 1 of this entry in the vi editor:
man -e vi 1 man