NAME

help − ask for help regarding SCCS

SYNOPSIS

help [args]

DESCRIPTION

help finds information to explain a message from a command or explain the use of a command.  Zero or more arguments may be supplied.  If no arguments are given, help prompt for one. 

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

type 1 Begins with non-numerics, ends in numerics.  The non-numeric prefix is usually an abbreviation for the program or set of routines which produced the message (for example, ge6, for message 6 from the get command). 

type 2 Does not contain numerics (as a command, such as get)

type 3 Is all numeric (for example, 212)

The response of the program will be the explanatory information related to the argument, if there is any.  When all else fails, try help stuck.

FILES

/usr/lib/helpdirectory containing  files of message text. 

September 02, 1992