g.manual(1)

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version 8.4.2 · 8 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 g.manual — the GRASS GIS User's Manual glow-up 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're about to read the manual about reading the manual. yes really. it's giving meta. it's giving inception. it's giving "the way that she opens the docs for the docs". iconic behavior honestly 💅

✨ NAME ✨

g.manual — she displays the manual pages of GRASS modules. that's it. that's the job. no cap. 🎀

🌸 KEYWORDS 🌸

general, manual, help

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

💜 FLAGS 💜

  • -i — Display index. the whole master list, the lineup, the roster 🌈
  • -t — Display topics. topic girlies rise up 🧚
  • -m — Display as MAN text page instead of HTML page in browser. terminal-core, retro, lowkey stunning 🖥️
  • -o — Display online manuals instead of locally installed. she pulls from the online manuals available at <https://grass.osgeo.org> website. heads up though: this flag has no effect when displaying MAN text pages. so -m and -o together? -o is just sitting there like 🧍
  • --help — Print usage summary. the "help me help you" button ✨
  • --verbose — Verbose module output. she talks a LOT. we love that for her 🗣️
  • --quiet — Quiet module output. she says nothing. mysterious. main character energy 😌
  • --ui — Force launching GUI dialog. pop-up era 🪟

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

  • entry=string [required] — Manual entry to be displayed. you HAVE to give her something bestie, she's not a mind reader 😭 required is required.

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

g.manual displays the manual pages of GRASS in HTML and MAN format. two formats, zero gatekeeping, we love a bilingual queen 👑

🫶 NOTES 🫶

the name of the browser is defined in the environment variable GRASS_HTML_BROWSER. no browser name in there, no browser. periodt.

for most platforms this should be an executable in your PATH, or the full path to an executable. see variables for details 👀

fr fr: go check the variables doc, she's not gonna spell it all out twice.

🔥 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

three examples. three vibes. all slay. ⭐

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Markus Neteler — the actual legend who made this 🫡

💀 SOURCE CODE 💀

available at: g.manual source code (history)

accessed: Saturday Jan 17 05:41:52 2026

main index | general index | topics index | keywords index | graphical index | full index

© 2003-2025 GRASS Development Team, GRASS GIS 8.4.2 Reference Manual

and that's the whole page bestie!! 🌸 this lil cutie is running on GRASS 8.4.2 (the version stamped right at the bottom of the page, GRASS 8.4.2), last touched on Saturday Jan 17 05:41:52 2026 and lovingly copyright-held by the GRASS Development Team, © 2003-2025, out of the GRASS GIS 8.4.2 Reference Manual. go read some docs, you're doing amazing sweetie 💖✨🎀

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