---
name: "g.manual"
section: "1grass"
platform: "linux"
package: "grass-doc"
version: "8.4.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/g.manual"
---

# g.manual(1grass)

Displays the manual pages of GRASS modules.

## NAME

**g.manual**  - Displays the manual pages of GRASS modules.

## KEYWORDS

general, manual, help

## SYNOPSIS

**g.manual**\
 **g.manual --help**\
 **g.manual** \[-**itmo**\] **entry**=*string*  \[--**help**\]  \[--**verbose**\]  \[--**quiet**\]  \[--**ui**\]

### Flags:

- **-i**

  Display index

- **-t**

  Display topics

- **-m**

  Display as MAN text page instead of HTML page in browser

- **-o**

  Display online manuals instead of locally installed\
   Use online manuals available at https://grass.osgeo.org website. This flag has no effect when displaying MAN text pages.

- **--help**

  Print usage summary

- **--verbose**

  Verbose module output

- **--quiet**

  Quiet module output

- **--ui**

  Force launching GUI dialog

### Parameters:

- **entry**=*string* **\[required\]**

  Manual entry to be displayed

## DESCRIPTION

*g.manual* displays the manual pages of GRASS in HTML and MAN format.

## NOTES

The name of the browser is defined in the environment variable `GRASS_HTML_BROWSER`. For most platforms this should be an executable in your PATH, or the full path to an executable. See variables for details.

## EXAMPLES

Show index page in the browser.\

```
g.manual -i
```

Show manual page of *d.vect* module in the browser.\

```
g.manual d.vect
```

Show module manual page in terminal.\

```
g.manual -m d.vect
```

## AUTHOR

Markus Neteler

## SOURCE CODE

Available at: g.manual source code (history)

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