Tells you which command is being described on the man page. Tells you briefly what possible switches or other information must or can be included when using the particular command. Description Gives you a short description of what the command is supposed to do and sometimes includes examples of the syntactical use of the command. Options Gives a complete list of what switches are available for use with the command and what the switches do. Environment Tells you what in the environment the command depends on and can be altered by changing.
Files Lists the paths and files the command depends on for proper operation.
See also Tells you other similar commands that might be helpful. Bugs and Notes Tells you of any particular problems or dangers you might run into when using a particular command. That covers the organization of UNIX Manual pages. When reading manual pages, you may sometimes need to look at it more than once to understand them because many are poorly worded. Due to this fact we also have created some other resources of information available online as well.