g.manual (1)
NAME
g.manual - Displays the manual pages of GRASS modules.
KEYWORDS
general, manual, help
SYNOPSIS
g.manual
g.manual --help
g.manual [-itmo] entry=string [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]
Flags:
-i
Display index
-t
Display topics
-m
Display as MAN text page instead of HTML page in browser
-o
Display online manuals instead of locally installed
Use online manuals available at http://grass.osgeo.org website. This flag has no effect when displaying MAN text pages.
--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog
Parameters:
entry=string [required]
Manual entry to be displayed
DESCRIPTION
g.manual display the manual pages of GRASS in HTML and MAN format.
NOTES
The name of the browser is defined in the environment variable GRASS_HTML_BROWSER. For most platforms this should be an executable in your PATH, or the full path to an executable. See variables for details.
EXAMPLES
Show index page in the browser.
g.manual -i
Show manual page of d.vect module in the browser.
g.manual d.vect
Show module manual page in terminal.
g.manual -m d.vect
AUTHOR
Markus Neteler
Last changed: $Date: 2013-01-06 07:32:45 -0800 (Sun, 06 Jan 2013) $
SOURCE CODE
Available at: g.manual source code (history)
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