DEIMOS
help script

Name

help -- print documentation for a DEIMOS script, or list all scripts

Purpose

With no arguments, print an alphabetically-sorted list of the
brief descriptions for all DEIMOS scripts. With one argument,
determine whether the given argument represents an alias, a
script, or a Unix command, and print out any available
documentation.

Usage

help [-s] [cmd]

Arguments

-s = source; print full source code for script instead of just the help block
cmd = name of command or script to describe

Output

Documentation is printed to stdout

Exit values

0 = normal completion
1 = wrong number of arguments

Example

1) list all available scripts:
help

2) get help on the "goi" script:
help goi

3) get help on the Unix "find" command:
help find

3) view the full source code for the "wfi" command:
help -s wfi

See Also

The shell script help
DEIMOS script index


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Last modified: Wed Jun 9 16:30:30 2004