man: Reading documentation from the top

man allows the user to read the documentation of a command from the beggining of it.

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man is basically a wrapper around the help command. It allows the user to start reading the documentation from the beginning of it and move down using any key.
Things to consider:
- takes the command as a string.
- use 'q' to exit help
- use <space> to move down half a page

Example:
man('help') % show the documentation of the help command
man('repmat') % show the documentation of the repmat command

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Bergercookie (2026). man: Reading documentation from the top (https://au.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/50613-man-reading-documentation-from-the-top), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.0