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What is the "bash man page" or "bash manual page" and where can I find it?

Does this just mean the stuff that comes up when you do:

command --help

Will that always work?

Reluctant_Linux_User
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    It's usually `man command` (`man bash` for instance). It's _usually_ installed, but some stripped down servers don't have mandb/manpages – Wrikken Nov 26 '14 at 00:41
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    The "bash man page" is the man page **for bash itself**, not for commands outside of / not built into bash. – Charles Duffy Nov 26 '14 at 00:46

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Here is an excellent GNU bash reference : http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html

In general you can do man bash to see the exact man page for your version of bash.

Dinesh
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Type man bash for the man(ual) page or, more usefully, info bash for the full manual.

davmac
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