Bash commands: man pages

[ric_Poirier]

Hi everyone,

I have recently been learning to write bash scripts. In one of the script, I wanted to ask the user to type in some info. To do this, I used the read command.

Then, to know more about the read command, I typed, in the terminal:

man read

I found out that the read command in the man pages has nothing to do with the one I used in my bash script. Now my question is this: is there a way to see the man pages of the read command I use in my bash scripts (or any other bash commands)?

Thanks a lot.

[steeldriver]

Since 'read' is a shell built-in, you need to look in the man page for bash itself

man bash

or use the built-in help function from within the shell

help read

[vasa1]

And you may find this a bit more friendly than the man pages: mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide

[ric_Poirier]

Since 'read' is a shell built-in, you need to look in the man page for bash itself

Tnak you very much!