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man

Display system manual pages, can read files and spawn shells via pager or groff.

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man {H}
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man {H}

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

system.file.read
security.privilege-escalation.shell

Parameters

Name Type Required Default Description Aliases
H string No - HTML browser command -H

Contract

Inputs

system.file.path

Path to file display as man page

Outputs

system.file.content

Formatted file content in pager

Side effects: process_spawn

Workflow Edges

Produces

system.file.content

Consumes

system.file.path

Resource Profile

ResourceValue
CPUlow
Memory4 MB
Networklow
Disk I/Olow

Examples

Read arbitrary file formatted as man page in pager

man /path/to/input-file

Spawn shell via -H browser option with GNU troff

man '-H/bin/sh

Open man page in less pager (can escape to shell)

man man

Documentation

man — Manual Page Displayer

man displays system manual pages. It can read arbitrary files by passing a path as an argument (the file is formatted and shown in the pager). The -H option with GNU troff can execute commands, and the default pager (less) can be escaped to shell.

Related Tools

lessgroffinfo

References