HELP(1)                              BSD                               HELP(1)



NAME
     help - ask for SCCS help

SYNOPSIS
     help [ arguments ]

DESCRIPTION
     help finds information to explain the use of, or a particular message
     from, an SCCS command.  You can supply several arguments, but if you
     supply none, help prompts for one.

     The arguments can be message numbers (which normally appear in
     parentheses following messages), or command names, or one of the
     following types:

               ⊕  Type 1 begins with non-numerics and ends in numerics.  The
                  non-numeric prefix is usually an abbreviation for the
                  program or set of routines that produced the message.  For
                  example, ge3 means message 3 from the get(1) command.

               ⊕  Type 2 does not contain numerics, that is, it appears as a
                  command name such as the name get.

               ⊕  Type 3 is all numeric, for example, 26.

     When all else fails, try help stuck.

FILES
     /usr/lib/help            Directory containing files of message text

     /usr/lib/help/helploc    File containing locations of help files not in
                              /usr/lib/help

DIAGNOSTICS
     Use help(1) for explanations.

SEE ALSO
     admin(1), delta(1), get(1), prs(1), sccs(1)