5.3
Getting Help
The help (or man) command displays basic information about a command.
Example 5–1 Help (or Man)
>>> help set
NAME
set
FUNCTION
Set or modify the value of an environment variable.
SYNOPSIS
set <envar> <value>
[-integer] [-string]
where
<envar>={auto_action,bootdef_dev,boot_file,boot_osflags,...}
The
help
(or
man
) command displays basic information about the use of console commands
when the system is in console mode. The syntax is:
help
(or
man
) [
command . .
. ]
command . . .
Command or topic for which help is requested. The options are:
none
Displays the complete list of commands for
which you can receive help.
command_name
Displays information about the console
command.
argument_string
(such as “sh”)
Displays information about all commands that
begin with that string.
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