100 Useful Command-Line Utilities
by Oliver; 201412. man
man shows the usage manual, or help page, for a command. For example, to see the manual for ls:$ man lsTo see man's own manual page:
$ man manThe manual pages will list all of the command's flags which usually come in a one-dash-one-letter or two-dashes-one-word flavor:
command -f command --flag