man

Summary

man is a standard UNIX utility or command^[1]. man has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• man's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command^[3].
• man's Commons category is recorded as Man page^[4].
• man's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/man.html^[5].
• man's readable file format is recorded as man page^[6].
• man's different from is recorded as man page^[7].
• man's different from is recorded as man-pages^[8].
• man's different from is recorded as man-db^[9].
• man's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG^[10].
• man's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL^[11].
• man's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE^[12].
• man's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES^[13].
• man's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH^[14].
• man's reads environment variable is recorded as PAGER^[15].
• man's has command line option is recorded as k^[16].

Why It Matters

man has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] man is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]