# Getting Help

Every command can explain itself, with --help for a short list of its options and man for its full manual page, type and which tell you what kind of command a name is, and an error message says what went wrong when you read it one part at a time.

![Cheat sheet for the lesson Getting Help: Every command can explain itself, with --help for a short list of its options and man for its full manual page, type and which tell you what kind of command a name is, and an error message says what went wrong when you read it one part at a time.](https://fsdtrainingmedia.blob.core.windows.net/public/images/2026/11/b2326b508dc34294b75470374e3bdcd2.webp)

- Category: Bash
- Level: Apprentice
- Tags: alias, linux, man, shell-builtin, unix, wc, which
- Updated: November 10, 2026

Source: https://www.ask-codey.com/cheat-sheets/bash-getting-help-cheat-sheet