Questions tagged [manpage]
A manpage is a piece of documentation (not just a single page) that comes with most programs installed on Ubuntu.This is invoked with the name of a program to call up a help manual with various sections detailing the operation of the program.
276
questions
2
votes
3
answers
754
views
Is there any way to get table of contents of a man page?
Some man pages are very big. I want firstly to see table of contents and then go to interesting section. How to do it?
For example:
$ man -contents ls
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING ...
0
votes
1
answer
140
views
How to change Manual pages default font?
When I type man fork, terminal output, but I dislike the default font , how to change into the other font?
0
votes
0
answers
192
views
Changing /bin/sh to zsh crashes man pages
Just a general curiosity:
Man pages on my Ubuntu 18.04.03 stop working when I change /bin/sh to zsh with following error:
man: nroff: Bad system call (core dumped)
What I did was:
rm -rf /bin/sh
...
2
votes
0
answers
51
views
Yelp line is too wide for man pages
I am generally using yelp (the life preserver icon on the desktop) to view system man pages. After I open yelp, I can press Ctrl+L and enter man:man for example to view the man page for the man ...
3
votes
1
answer
28k
views
What does "-ls" do when used with "find"?
According to man find:
-ls
True; list current file in ls -dils format on standard output.
The block counts are of 1K blocks, unless the environment variable
POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, in ...
0
votes
1
answer
40
views
How do you know the manpages name for a given package?
Take for instance the python3-requests package. I see that there is /usr/share/doc/python3-requests but I can't seem to figure out the manpages "name".
Given an installed package, is there a way to ...
6
votes
1
answer
2k
views
What package provides system call man pages on Ubuntu?
On Ubuntu 18.04, the following commands do not turn up any man pages:
man 2 creat
man 2 ioctl
man 2 chown
There are plenty of other examples, but these illustrate the point.
I tried a bit of apt ...
2
votes
2
answers
214
views
How do I perform a exact match in man page?
For exmaple, I open man page of tar and I want to locate -z quickly.
But when I type /-z, things like -i, --ignore-zeros also get matched. So I have to press n several times to reach -z.
However, I ...
0
votes
1
answer
73
views
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my MSI laptop, man command does not work anymore
The installation had no problem and man was working fine till yesterday. However, today the man command does not work anymore.
Please help troubleshoot.
Thanks
mas192
3
votes
0
answers
1k
views
watch --beep doesn't work
I read watch command's manual page, found -b or --beep:
-b, --beep
Beep if command has a non-zero exit.
So I did:
$ watch --beep ls /root
Using a non-root account and it doesn't make a sound like a ...
3
votes
1
answer
1k
views
How to reinstall man pages after deleting them
So I wanted to free up disk space from documentation and followed the instructions in this answer. Basically I did create a file /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/01_nodoc which specifies the desired filters:
...
2
votes
2
answers
79
views
How to include a file when writing a custom man page?
Currently I just copy the source file for my custom man page into place like this:
SOURCE=man/myManPage.1
DEST_DIR=/usr/local/share/man/man.1
sudo install -g 0 -o 0 -m 0644 "$SOURCE" "$DEST_DIR/"
yes ...
2
votes
1
answer
937
views
man doesn't display man pages; what to do if 'mandb -c' doesn't fix it?
I have an Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS system that won't display man pages.
# man man || echo fail
#
This AskUbuntu question suggests that I try running mandb -c.
mandb -c runs to successful completion, but ...
6
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Where to get kubectl man pages?
Any suggestion where I can get and install kubectl man pages? Asking Google all the time is getting annoying.
I want to be able to see the man page from the command line like:
$ man kubectl pods
I ...
0
votes
1
answer
244
views
Man page requires space to scroll, not arrow keys
On my Ubuntu 18.04 host, running man <command> brings up the man page and I can scroll up and down using the corresponding arrow keys to read the text.
On a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 docker image, I ...
1
vote
1
answer
77
views
Is --supported-target-version a supported option for mkinitramfs, as shown on the man page?
I am trying to the --supported-target-version option for mkinitramfs. The following errors are being returned:
$ sudo mkinitramfs --supported-target-version=4.13.0-15-generic
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: ...
1
vote
0
answers
36
views
Does apps installed via "snap" has man page? [duplicate]
Just installed kubectl via snap:
sudo snap install kubectl
But, man kubectl shows:
No manual entry for kubectl
See 'man 7 undocumented' for help when manual pages are not available.
...
0
votes
0
answers
214
views
How to view manpage of apt-secure? [duplicate]
I get the message at the end of updating apt:
See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details
And I just want to know where and what command I need to enter to view ...
5
votes
2
answers
7k
views
Linux man pages in different languages
My Ubuntu 18.04 is set to Spanish:
But man pages are displayed in English, not according to the configuration (Spanish).
$ man cp | head -n4
CP(1) User Commands ...
2
votes
1
answer
122
views
Missing elements in Manpages
I'm using Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.
It is really weird, but in every Manpage (also in ksh and sh), there are missing elements such as the program name or flags. I posted also a picture of the incomplete ...
-1
votes
1
answer
153
views
How can I search the APT man page for options to install [duplicate]
I read the answer wireless - How can I check the information of currently installed WiFi drivers? - Ask Ubuntu and learn a command
sudo apt-get install -y hardinfo
then I tried to find the option -...
1
vote
2
answers
54
views
Dev Manpages are not completed
I cannot get 'man aton', 'man argp_parse', etc, but I have 'man memcpy', 'man 7 ip' for example. I've already installed manpages-dev. What packages I still lost to get all the basic C function's ...
3
votes
1
answer
461
views
Why can't I get the man page of the crypt function?
On my Fedora system, I can do man 3 crypt and I see the man page of the crypt function.
However, when I do the same on Ubuntu it gives me:
No manual entry for crypt in section 3
I know that it has ...
-1
votes
1
answer
3k
views
How to find cipher keywords in ssh_config(5)
I see in the man page for ssh that I can find the cipher listings in "ssh_config(5)"
Where can I find this?
Context:
I'm attempting to ssh \ sftp into a company's sftp account that they provided me. ...
6
votes
1
answer
6k
views
How do I install a man page?
After reading
How do I manually install a man page file?
(there is some ambiguity in this title) I did not get my answer.
How to install the related man pages for a certain command?
Take the ...
2
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Random freezes in (X)Ubuntu 18.04 caused by filled up RAM
I have a problem with random freezes in (X)ubuntu 18.04(.1) under Kernel 4.19.0 and 4.19.4.
When I check 'top' during freeze episodes, I can see that all my RAM and SWAP is slowly beeing consumed by ...
3
votes
3
answers
4k
views
man command not working in Ubuntu 18.04
My man command is not working at all on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine. Unlike most of the cases I have found described in the internet, where there is an error message after calling man, I do not get any ...
1
vote
0
answers
44
views
How to find the manual of a command when `man <cmd>` doesn't work [duplicate]
When man <cmd> or <cmd> --help or <cmd> -h doesn't show you how to use the command, what should you do to get the information you need?
For example, the command enable has no manual ...
1
vote
2
answers
2k
views
GCC compiler manual [duplicate]
I'm trying to call the manual of the GCC compiler from the terminal, but I seem to be unable to, I only get error messages when I type:
gcc man
Surely I'm doing it wrong, but I can't find any topics ...
0
votes
1
answer
2k
views
No manual entry for command [duplicate]
By following this Q&A I started using command instead of which when checking for the existence of a program.
But man command returns:
No manual entry for command
Why there is no manual for it ...
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
/etc/manpath.config missing when I reinstall manpage
$apt install man
apt-get install manpages-zh
then
apt-get purge manpages-zh
$apt purge manpage
then
$apt install man
$apt-get install manpages-zh
it shows
/usr/bin/mandb: can't open the ...
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
No manual entries for recvfrom, sendto, and bind commands in Ubuntu 18.04
I run Ubuntu 18.04 through Oracle VirtualBox. In the terminal man commands for recvfrom, sendto, bind do not show any manual entries as shown below.
rishi@rishi-VirtualBox:~$ man recvfrom
No manual ...
1
vote
2
answers
449
views
no man pages on kubuntu 18.04
I have just installed kubuntu 18.04 and I have no man pages. I have tried all the different permutations of mandb to update the database, but I am always presented with a blank page.
Any help ...
26
votes
4
answers
3k
views
Is there documentation for chown that is easier to understand?
I am relatively knew to Ubuntu and I want to learn about the chown command, so I tried to read the man chown but I find it very difficult to understand. Is there a document for this that is simpler ...
25
votes
2
answers
1k
views
How do I access that basic command line tutorial man document?
I need to find that documentation that acts like a simple description and tutorial of how the command line works. It's "man something" I knw that much, so it's a man page, but not an actual command. ...
1
vote
0
answers
372
views
In the 18.04/bionic docker container, how do I restore manpages?
When building a container based on the official 18.04/bionic docker image,
It appears to be impossible to install manages. even if I explicitly install them, they do not appear to be on the file ...
5
votes
3
answers
4k
views
Setting up man-db crashes system with Bad system calls
Ubuntu 18.04 x86_64.
Ever since I upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04, whenever I install or run updates and the subsequent man-db update occurs, the system gets stuck for ten minutes or so spitting out ...
0
votes
0
answers
432
views
man command not showing output
my man command has quit working no output or error message and not sure how I managed to muck it up. However, if I type sudo man [item] it works. I tried running mandb and that didn't work. Any other ...
0
votes
1
answer
49
views
Why do I automatically get a period (.) in my MANPATH?
I'm setting MANPATH to :bla, yet when I try to use it, its value has suddenly turned into .:bla and this completely changes the meaning of it.
8
votes
1
answer
1k
views
man <command> doesn't display anything after package installation with conda on Ubuntu 17.10
When I try to get the manpages with man it seems to display nothing and behaves as though I just pressed enter
~$ man ls
~$ man man
I have tried solutions from these pages to no avail
question1 ...
13
votes
4
answers
7k
views
How to open .8 file with man?
How do I properly open a local .8 file like named.8 with the man command?
I have the man command and I have a .8 file. In my case it is bind9/bin/named/named.8 (which can be found on github) I'm ...
7
votes
1
answer
13k
views
Permission denied every installing/ removing pack
UPDATE:
I fixed it OK by removing/deleting the "/var/cache/man" folder
Then all things is OK now.
(The system will recreate the "/var/cache/man" folder automatically.
Every time I install or remove ...
8
votes
1
answer
2k
views
man pages broken after dist-upgrade
After a recent dist-upgrade, I have broken man pages. Symptoms are that man <any command here> refuses to load anything and shows a blank console, except for the line in the upper left:
Manual ...
1
vote
0
answers
28
views
getting synopsis inline [duplicate]
So this might be wierd question but is there anyway to get the synomposis of a command in the terminal?
what I mean by this is that if I write for example find I would like the terminal to write out ...
3
votes
1
answer
58
views
Where to report mistakes in a translated man page?
I just discovered a mistake in the German version of the man page for adduser:
Einen System-Benutzer einrichten
Wird adduser ohne die Option --system und mit einem nicht optionalen Argument ...
11
votes
4
answers
878
views
How to find required information in man [duplicate]
The man command brings up a nice manual for many programs, but how can I use it more effectively? For example man gcc brings:
NAME
gcc - GNU project C and C++ compiler
SYNOPSIS
gcc [-c|...
37
votes
9
answers
15k
views
How can I get help on terminal commands?
I often see things like
read man xyz
For more information read xyz's man page.
see info xyz
so I wonder:
How can I get help on terminal commands generally?
What exactly are these man and ...
4
votes
1
answer
740
views
No output from some paginated commands (man, git log)
Something has gone wrong with both the man and git log commands on my Ubuntu system over the holidays. Neither produce any output, and I have no clues as to what the issue is, bar that they both ...
-1
votes
2
answers
62
views
What part of the sed manpage explains how to delete lines in a file
sed -e '4,17d' filename deletes lines 4 through 17 in the file filename. I wondered how they explain such a thing in the manpage. I looked it up the manpage. However I don't see how people are getting ...
0
votes
2
answers
151
views
Where is the GIT (or other) repo for the Ubuntu (or Linux) man pages?
I don't know whether all of the man pages are under the same source control repository or not; specifically, I'm interested in the Vim man pages source.
Where can I find the source control repository ...