What is a man page?
Man Page is shorthand for manual page. UNIX and Linux based operating systems include a help manual to assist users with command line items and syntax while using the software. The help manual is referred to both by the operating system and many of its users as man pages. To access the man page for the Apache http server included with many Unix and Linux distributions, enter the following syntax at the command line: Man httpd This will return the man page containing information about the web server installed on the system. All of the included services with either Linux or Unix operating systems will each have a man page. Some third party software may also add pages to the manual when they are installed. For beginning Linux or Unix users, the manual can be extremely helpful by bringing the necessary information to the screen as it is needed. This saves time and shelf space by not requiring a paper manual to be scoured for information when certain syntax or actions are in question. Recen
man is short for “manual,” and the man pages represent the help system of all things linux and computers. Usually, for each program on your system, the developers also supply a man page for it that describes in high detail exactly how to use the program, and what options you can tell the program to run with. In fact, man pages go far beyond telling you how to run programs, man pages exist for the following: 1. Commands 2. System calls 3. Library calls 4. Special files 5. File formats and conversions 6. Games for Linux 7. Macro packages and conventions 8. System management commands 9. Kernel routines The man pages form a robust collection of knowledge.
