NAME

help − ask for help with message numbers or SCCS commands

SYNOPSIS

help [args] 

DESCRIPTION

help finds information to explain a message from a command or explain the use of a 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 within the parentheses following a message) or SCCS command names. 

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”. 

help get

prints information about the SCCS get command. 

FILES

LIBDIR/help directory containing files of message text. 

LIBDIR/help/helploc file containing locations of help files not in LIBDIR/help. 

LIBDIR usually /usr/ccs/lib

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