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user784637
Asked: 2011-12-05 15:42:16 +0800 CST

Where can I find the man page for the set command?

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$ set frog pets
$ echo $1_$2
frog_pets

man set is not bringing me anything =( neither is which set or whereis set

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    set is a bash shell command

    If you type man bash and then search for /abef should move to the section that describes set and the various available.

    To confirm that you are using a shell built command you can run:

    type command

    if the message command is a shell builtin is the output, then you can find the help for these types of commands via

    help [shell_command]

    for example:

    help set

    As an added bonus you can pipe the output into either more or pager to enable page-by-page scrolling i.e.

    help | more

    or

    help | pager

    (with thanks @psusi & @eljunior & @andrewsomething)

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