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<h2>Help</h2>
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<p>To open a page, simply type the name of the page. e.g:</p>
<pre>ls</pre>
<p>Will open the ls page.</p>
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<p>Wildcard search by using the * character. e.g:</p>
<pre>ls*</pre>
<p>Will list all pages starting with ls.</p>
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<p>Using multiple wildcards by anding them together. e.g:</p>
<pre>*conf* -a *git*</pre>
<p>Will list all pages with the words conf and git in their name or description.</p>
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<p>regex search by using the -r flag. e.g:</p>
<pre>-r "^ls"</pre>
<p>Will list all pages starting with ls.</p>
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<p>Filter by page section by using the -s flag. e.g:</p>
<pre>ls* -s8</pre>
<p>Will list all pages starting with ls in section 8.</p>
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Sections are as follows:
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<tr><td>1</td><td>Executable programs or shell commands</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>System calls (functions provided by the kernel)</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Library calls (functions within program libraries)</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Special files (usually found in /dev)</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>File formats and conventions, e.g. /etc/passwd</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Games</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions), e.g. man(7), groff(7), man-pages(7)</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>System administration commands (usually only for root)</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Kernel routines [Non standard]</td></tr>
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