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help - Display help for shell builtins

Overview​

The help command display help for shell builtins.

Syntax​

help [OPTIONS] [ARGUMENTS]

Basic Usage Examples​

# Basic usage
help

# Get help
help --help

# Check version
help --version

Common Options​

  • -h, --help - Display help information
  • -v, --version - Show version information
  • -V, --verbose - Enable verbose output (if supported)

Description​

The help command is part of the system-info category in Linux systems. It provides essential functionality for display help for shell builtins.

Refer to the manual page (man help) for detailed information about all available options and usage patterns.

Common Use Cases​

  1. Basic Operations: Simple usage scenarios
  2. System Administration: Administrative tasks
  3. Automation: Script integration
  4. Troubleshooting: Diagnostic usage
  • Other commands in the system-info category
  • System utilities for similar operations
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