codex-lv2-may-2025

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Using `man` to Read Manual Pages

⚠️ Windows Users: If you’re using Git Bash on Windows, the man command is not available. You can skip this lesson and use --help instead (covered in the previous lesson). For example, try ls --help to see the manual for the ls command.

Steps

Open a manual page In the terminal, type:
```
man ls
```
This shows detailed information about the ls command and its options.
Navigate the manual
- Use ↑ and ↓ to scroll line by line.
- Press Spacebar to scroll down a full page.
- Press b to scroll back a page.
- Type /word to search.
- Use n to go to the next match and Shift+N to go back.
Exit the manual Press:
```
q
```
to quit and return to the shell.

Notes

man works on macOS and most Linux systems.
It doesn’t work in Git Bash — use --help instead.
You can also search online. Try:
```
unix man page ls
```
to find the same info in a web browser.