Learn The Basics - Man Pages Versus Info Pages

Published: 19 September 2023
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There are several ways to get help information at the Linux command line, which sometimes confuses people. For example, why does Linux have both 'man' pages and 'info' pages? What about '--help' and the 'help' command?

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