help(1)

help -- ask for help with message numbers or SCCS commands

Synopsis

help [args]

Description

help finds information to explain a message from a command or explain the use of a SCCS command. Zero or more arguments may be supplied. If no arguments are given, help will prompt for one.

The arguments may be either information within the parentheses following a message or SCCS command names.

The response of the program will be the explanatory information related to the argument, if there is any.

When all else fails, try help stuck.

Note that the output varies from locale to locale, since help uses message files. However, input and command syntax does not vary.

Files

/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxepu: language-specific message file (See LANG on environ(5).)
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/help: directory containing language-specific help message files
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/help/helploc: file containing locations of help files not in the default help directory.