# man(1)

    NAME
        man - display manual pages

    SYNOPSIS
        man topic
        man section topic

    DESCRIPTION
        The man command displays manual pages from the ramdisk in a
        fullscreen pager. Pages are stored as plain text files with
        simple formatting directives.

        If no section is specified, sections 1 through 7 are searched
        in order. If a section number is given, only that section is
        checked.

    KEY BINDINGS

    Navigation
        j, Down Arrow     Scroll down one line
        k, Up Arrow       Scroll up one line
        Space, Page Down  Scroll down one page
        b, Page Up        Scroll up one page
        g, Home           Go to top
        G, End            Go to bottom
        q                 Quit

    SECTIONS
        1   User commands and programs
        2   System calls (kernel interface)
        3   Library functions (userspace libraries)
        7   Miscellaneous (legal, conventions)

    FILES
        Man pages are stored on the ramdisk at:

            0:/man/<topic>.<section>

        For example, man intro reads 0:/man/intro.1

    EXAMPLES
        man intro          View the introduction
        man 2 syscalls     View syscall overview (section 2)
        man malloc         View malloc documentation
        man legal          View copyright information

    SEE ALSO
        intro(1), shell(1), syscalls(2)

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