What is the meaning of the words with underline in a man page?
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For most commands that I have seen, there are some underlined words in their man page. What is the meaning of this underline? Is that a link? If yes, how we can go there?
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For most commands that I have seen, there are some underlined words in their man page. What is the meaning of this underline? Is that a link? If yes, how we can go there?
manpage
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"The underline is just a highlight, there is no "link" involved. The normalmanpage reader is just a text formater. In factmandoesn't even display the text,manjust formats it and sends it to another text display program to be shown on the screen (usuallyless). These programs have no concept of links."
– Trevor Boyd Smith
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For most commands that I have seen, there are some underlined words in their man page. What is the meaning of this underline? Is that a link? If yes, how we can go there?
manpage
edited Feb 7 at 9:41
Gaurang Tandon
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asked Apr 25 '14 at 19:51
Mohammad Reza RezwaniMohammad Reza Rezwani
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For most commands that I have seen, there are some underlined words in their man page. What is the meaning of this underline? Is that a link? If yes, how we can go there?
manpage
manpage
edited Feb 7 at 9:41
Gaurang Tandon
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asked Apr 25 '14 at 19:51
Mohammad Reza RezwaniMohammad Reza Rezwani
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edited Feb 7 at 9:41
Gaurang Tandon
16611
asked Apr 25 '14 at 19:51
Mohammad Reza RezwaniMohammad Reza Rezwani
3,7042461110
edited Feb 7 at 9:41
Gaurang Tandon
16611
edited Feb 7 at 9:41
Gaurang Tandon
16611
edited Feb 7 at 9:41
Gaurang Tandon
16611
16611
asked Apr 25 '14 at 19:51
Mohammad Reza RezwaniMohammad Reza Rezwani
3,7042461110
asked Apr 25 '14 at 19:51
Mohammad Reza RezwaniMohammad Reza Rezwani
3,7042461110
asked Apr 25 '14 at 19:51
Mohammad Reza RezwaniMohammad Reza Rezwani
3,7042461110
3,7042461110
"The underline is just a highlight, there is no "link" involved. The normalmanpage reader is just a text formater. In factmandoesn't even display the text,manjust formats it and sends it to another text display program to be shown on the screen (usuallyless). These programs have no concept of links."
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Feb 20 '18 at 13:49
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"The underline is just a highlight, there is no "link" involved. The normalmanpage reader is just a text formater. In factmandoesn't even display the text,manjust formats it and sends it to another text display program to be shown on the screen (usuallyless). These programs have no concept of links."
– Trevor Boyd Smith
Feb 20 '18 at 13:49
"The underline is just a highlight, there is no "link" involved. The normal
man page reader is just a text formater. In fact man doesn't even display the text, man just formats it and sends it to another text display program to be shown on the screen (usually less). These programs have no concept of links."– Trevor Boyd Smith
Feb 20 '18 at 13:49
"The underline is just a highlight, there is no "link" involved. The normal
man page reader is just a text formater. In fact man doesn't even display the text, man just formats it and sends it to another text display program to be shown on the screen (usually less). These programs have no concept of links."– Trevor Boyd Smith
Feb 20 '18 at 13:49
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Most underlined words in man pages are for emphasis. Its is not a hyperlink .
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also from man man page
italic text replace with appropriate argument.
[-abc] any or all arguments within [ ] are optional.
-a|-b options delimited by | cannot be used together.
argument ... argument is repeatable.
[expression] ... entire expression within [ ] is repeatable.
Exact rendering may vary depending on the output device. For instance,
man will usually not be able to render italics when running in a termi‐
nal, and will typically use underlined or coloured text instead.
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Most underlined words in man pages are for emphasis. Its is not a hyperlink .
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also from man man page
italic text replace with appropriate argument.
[-abc] any or all arguments within [ ] are optional.
-a|-b options delimited by | cannot be used together.
argument ... argument is repeatable.
[expression] ... entire expression within [ ] is repeatable.
Exact rendering may vary depending on the output device. For instance,
man will usually not be able to render italics when running in a termi‐
nal, and will typically use underlined or coloured text instead.
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also from man man page
italic text replace with appropriate argument.
[-abc] any or all arguments within [ ] are optional.
-a|-b options delimited by | cannot be used together.
argument ... argument is repeatable.
[expression] ... entire expression within [ ] is repeatable.
Exact rendering may vary depending on the output device. For instance,
man will usually not be able to render italics when running in a termi‐
nal, and will typically use underlined or coloured text instead.
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also from man man page
italic text replace with appropriate argument.
[-abc] any or all arguments within [ ] are optional.
-a|-b options delimited by | cannot be used together.
argument ... argument is repeatable.
[expression] ... entire expression within [ ] is repeatable.
Exact rendering may vary depending on the output device. For instance,
man will usually not be able to render italics when running in a termi‐
nal, and will typically use underlined or coloured text instead.
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also from man man page
italic text replace with appropriate argument.
[-abc] any or all arguments within [ ] are optional.
-a|-b options delimited by | cannot be used together.
argument ... argument is repeatable.
[expression] ... entire expression within [ ] is repeatable.
Exact rendering may vary depending on the output device. For instance,
man will usually not be able to render italics when running in a termi‐
nal, and will typically use underlined or coloured text instead.
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"The underline is just a highlight, there is no "link" involved. The normal
manpage reader is just a text formater. In factmandoesn't even display the text,manjust formats it and sends it to another text display program to be shown on the screen (usuallyless). These programs have no concept of links."– Trevor Boyd Smith
Feb 20 '18 at 13:49