Exit manual page unix

 · Most pagers can be exited by typing q-- which is going to be a useful thing to know for other programs that invoke your pager, or when you use your pager directly to view a file (less www.doorway.ru). When I run the mancommand on my system, the bottom line shows: Manual page ls(1) line 1 (press h for help or q to quit).  · I'm sure it's really easy, but I have searched on Google and on the forums and haven't found anything. For instance, if I open the grep manual (man grep), I can't close it. I've tried ctrl+c, ctrl+x, scrolling to the bottom of the manual. How can I exit the manual without closing the shell? EXIT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual EXIT(3) NAME top exit - cause normal process termination SYNOPSIS top #include noreturn void exit(int status); DESCRIPTION top The exit() function causes normal process termination and the least significant byte of status (i.e., status 0xFF) is returned to the parent (see wait(2)).

FYI: In my experience, the man generally uses less to display the information. To get a helpful list of keyboard shortcuts (navigation, exiting) for less (and for man), you can type in. less --help Here is a brief exerpt: SUMMARY OF LESS COMMANDS Commands marked with * may be preceded by a number, N. Notes in parentheses indicate the behavior if N is given. Steps to Exit Man Page. - Open a terminal and type man ftp (this will open manual pages for ftp application) - Now, press up and down arrow keys and read the whole document. - Once you are done press q on the keyboard and you will come out by reading the manual. Another thing about man pages in some of the distributions of Linux is that once. Output: It will show man entry corresponding to section 3 of printf. Some useful man command options: 1) -f option. man -f printf. Output: It will display the short description of printf, if available similar to. printf - format and print data. 2) -k option.

How to exit a Linux man page. Open a terminal and type man ftp (to open the manual for the ftp application) Use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard to read the document. Once finished press q on your keyboard to quit reading the manual. Most pagers can be exited by typing q-- which is going to be a useful thing to know for other programs that invoke your pager, or when you use your pager directly to view a file (less www.doorway.ru). When I run the mancommand on my system, the bottom line shows: Manual page ls(1) line 1 (press h for help or q to quit). Steps to Exit Man Page. - Open a terminal and type man ftp (this will open manual pages for ftp application) - Now, press up and down arrow keys and read the whole document. - Once you are done press q on the keyboard and you will come out by reading the manual.