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 help(CP)                       6 January 1993                       help(CP)


 Name

    help - Asks for help about SCCS commands

 Syntax

    help [args]

 Description

    help finds information to explain a message from an SCCS command or
    explain the use of a 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.  There are the follow-
    ing types of arguments:

    type 1 Begins with non-numerics, ends in numerics.  The non-numeric pre-
           fix is usually an abbreviation for the program or set of routines
           which produced the message (for example, ge6, for message 6 from
           the get command).

    type 2 Does not contain numerics (as a command, such as get)

    type 3 Is all numeric (for example, 212)

    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''.

 Files


    /usr/lib/help Directory containing files of message text.


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