g.manual(1grass)

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version 8.5.0 · 10 versions
, in alpine 3.24, ubuntu stonking

💖 g.manual — bestie's guide to the GRASS help pages 💖

okay so bestie, pull up a chair, because g.manual is literally the module that shows you the manual pages of all the other GRASS modules. it's the "wait let me look it up" of the GRASS world and honestly? iconic.

g.manual(1grass) — yes that's the manual name, we're citing our sources, periodt.

✨ KEYWORDS ✨

general, manual, help

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

🎀 Flags

  • -i — Display index. girlypop wants the whole menu, not one page 🫶
  • -t — Display topics. browsing by vibe/topic instead of by module name ✨
  • -m — Display as MAN text page instead of HTML page in browser. terminal purist mode, no browser required 💅
  • -o — Display online manuals instead of locally installed. uses the online manuals available at https://grass.osgeo.org website. heads up bestie: 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. you gotta tell it what to look up, no cap 🔥

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

g.manual displays the manual pages of GRASS in HTML and MAN format. that's the whole job and she does it flawlessly, we love a focused queen 👑

🌈 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. iykyk — if your browser situation is weird, that variable is the one holding the receipts 🧚

⭐ 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

look at her. three lines. ate and left no crumbs 🍓

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Markus Neteler

💀 SOURCE CODE 💀

Available at: g.manual source code (history)

Latest change: Tuesday Oct 21 09:57:14 2025 in commit: fb0165c2d021b7700528aca09c224847be871729

Main index | General index | Topics index | Keywords index | Graphical index | Full index

© 2003-2026 GRASS Development Team, GRASS 8.5.0 Reference Manual

and that's the whole page bestie 💖 this was g.manual from GRASS 8.5.0, © 2003-2026 GRASS Development Team, living in the GRASS 8.5.0 Reference Manual — last touched Tuesday Oct 21 09:57:14 2025, commit fb0165c2d021b7700528aca09c224847be871729. go read some docs, it's giving main character energy 📚✨

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