man: man (format and display the on-line manual pages) man: man: The man package is a collection of tools used for searching and man: reading the online system documentation. In fact, on most UNIX-like man: operating systems it is the primary means of finding out how programs man: on the system work. For example, 'man man' will display the man: documentation for man itself. man: man: Man requires the groff text processing package. man: man: