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* Manuals

To explore the manuals use the command ~man~ or ~info~ followed by the name of the function or program

#+begin_src bash
man
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
| What manual page do you want? |
| For example, try 'man man'.   |

Search for information about the manual interface within ~man~

: man man

Description of the system hierarchy

: man hier

Showing only the first four lines of "info" interface

#+begin_src bash
info | head -4
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
| File: | dir, | Node:  | Top, | This      | is   | the  | top       | of     | the | INFO | tree. |
|       |      |        |      |           |      |      |           |        |     |      |       |
| This  | is   | the    | Info | main      | menu | (aka | directory | node). |     |      |       |
| A     | few  | useful | Info | commands: |      |      |           |        |     |      |       |

Search for ~info~ page about Bash shell features

: info bash

The manuals can also be accessed from emacs using "M-x" (using the "meta" key or CTRL + x)

: M-x info

: M-x man

: M-x woman