At the University of Washington, the first place to look for help is online. You can also find books on Unix in the library or local book stores. See More Help . Help Online help is a quick and convenient way to find information. With the help command, you can view information on a specific Unix topic.
Man pages contain information about command usage, syntax, options, and bugs.
Using the man command, you can display this information for almost every Unix command. This displays the manual page for the command you specify. Sometimes you do not know the name of the command you want. With the -k option, you can search for commands that relate to a keyword or topic. This searches the man pages for the keyword you specify and displays the command names that contain more information about the keyword .