Uploaded March 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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How to get information about a Linux command? How to find out available options of a terminal command? How to find the location of a terminal program? What is man command?

You can find answers for these questions and beyond in this episode of The Linux Command Line Ultimate Tutorial series.

Watch the previous episode youtu.be/SGL6dGgzX08

In particular, you will learn these Linux commands:

0:19 type - displays the type of a command
1:03 which - displays the location of the executable file
1:44 help - displays usage information
2:43 man - displays the manual page of a program
3:31 apropos - search for a command (it is the same as man -k)
4:43 info - alternative man pages
6:33 whatis - displays a brief description of a program

All videos of The Linux Command Line Ultimate Tutorial series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSmXPSsgkZLuJKJhvL1U384aHesbVDekO

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