IBM AIX Interview Question:

Give the brief about man command?

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The man command will look in the on-line manual for information on the commands, subroutines and files with the name title. This information will be presented on the screen one page at a time for the user to browse.
The information consists of:
PURPOSE : The title and a one-line description of the command
SYNTAX : The syntax of the command
DESCRIPTION : Many pages of information about the function and usage of the
command with examples
FLAGS : Description of available options
FILES : Any system files associated with the command
RELATED INFO : The names of any related commands
BUGS : Any information about the behavior/performance of the command in unusual circumstances
$ man <command for which you want the information>
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