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How can I use the old fashion man pages?

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:06 am
by davidjackson

I there a way I can use the old-fashion man pages?
There are a couple of type when there doesn't seem to be a webpage for some command like, tar and tr?

TX,
David


Re: How can I use the old fashion man pages?

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:46 am
by wiak

Re: How can I use the old fashion man pages?

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:19 pm
by bigpup

Try using in a terminal:

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man tar

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man tr

Using man with the command you want to see the man page for.
Will either give you the man page or a search result for where it is on the internet.