HELP(1)                                                                HELP(1)


NAME
     help - ask for help about SCCS error messages and commands

SYNOPSIS
     help [args]

DESCRIPTION
     Help finds information to explain a message from an SCCS command or
     explain the use of an SCCS command.  Zero or more arguments may be
     supplied.  If no arguments are given, help will 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 (e.g., 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 (e.g., 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''.

EXAMPLE
          help he1

     prints the message for error number "he1".

FILES
     /usr/lib/help          directory containing files of message text.

     /usr/lib/help/helploc  file containing locations of help files not in
                            /usr/lib/help.

DIAGNOSTICS
     Use help(1) for explanations.

NOTES
     commands and error messages generated by those commands.

SEE ALSO
     admin(1), delta(1), edit(1), get(1)


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