FileOrCommandInfo

This page was last updated on July 18, 2009.

Here are some of the ways you can get information about a command.

• Replace commandname with the name of the command you’re interested in when using this chart:

COMMAND	WHAT IT DOES
man:commandname	Display a command’s man page in Konqueror by typing this in the address bar.
apropos commandname	Search all man pages and descriptions for a command.
commandname --help	Display a command’s usage.
commandname --help | less	Display a command’s usage one screenful at a time in scrollable format.
commandname --help | more	Display a command’s usage one screenful at a time.
file /path/to/commandname	Find out what kind of file a command is.
help commandname	Display a command’s documentation in Help format.
info commandname	Display a command’s documentation in Info format.
locate commandname	Find a command by name.
man commandname	Display a command’s man page.
man -f commandname	Search local (on your system) man files for a command.
man -k commandname	Search all man pages and descriptions for a command.
stat commandname	Display the status of a command.
type commandname	Display path of a command.
whatis commandname	Search local (on your system) man files for a command.
whereis commandname	Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command.
which commandname	Display path of a command.

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