.\" .\" FreeBSD pkg - a next generation package for the installation and maintenance .\" of non-core utilities. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" .\" @(#)pkg.8 .\" .Dd March 2, 2026 .Dt PKG-HELP 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm "pkg help" .Nd display usage information for pkg commands .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Ar command .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is used to display the manual page for a .Xr pkg 8 command. When invoked with a valid command name, .Nm opens the corresponding manual page using .Xr man 1 . .Pp If the specified command is an alias defined in .Xr pkg.conf 5 , .Nm displays the alias expansion instead. .Pp When invoked without arguments, .Nm displays a brief usage summary of all available .Xr pkg 8 commands. .Sh EXAMPLES Display the manual page for the .Cm install command: .Dl $ pkg help install .Pp Display the manual page for .Xr pkg.conf 5 : .Dl $ pkg help pkg.conf .Pp Display all available commands: .Dl $ pkg help .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pkg_create 3 , .Xr pkg_printf 3 , .Xr pkg_repo_create 3 , .Xr pkg_repos 3 , .Xr pkg-keywords 5 , .Xr pkg-lua-script 5 , .Xr pkg-repository 5 , .Xr pkg-script 5 , .Xr pkg-triggers 5 , .Xr pkg.conf 5 , .Xr pkg 8 , .Xr pkg-add 8 , .Xr pkg-alias 8 , .Xr pkg-annotate 8 , .Xr pkg-audit 8 , .Xr pkg-autoremove 8 , .Xr pkg-check 8 , .Xr pkg-clean 8 , .Xr pkg-config 8 , .Xr pkg-create 8 , .Xr pkg-delete 8 , .Xr pkg-fetch 8 , .Xr pkg-info 8 , .Xr pkg-install 8 , .Xr pkg-key 8 , .Xr pkg-lock 8 , .Xr pkg-plugins 8 , .Xr pkg-query 8 , .Xr pkg-register 8 , .Xr pkg-repo 8 , .Xr pkg-repositories 8 , .Xr pkg-rquery 8 , .Xr pkg-search 8 , .Xr pkg-set 8 , .Xr pkg-shell 8 , .Xr pkg-shlib 8 , .Xr pkg-ssh 8 , .Xr pkg-stats 8 , .Xr pkg-triggers 8 , .Xr pkg-unregister 8 , .Xr pkg-update 8 , .Xr pkg-updating 8 , .Xr pkg-upgrade 8 , .Xr pkg-version 8 , .Xr pkg-which 8
