# Help

Help: Getting Help.

Updated: November 10, 2026

1. [Getting Help](https://www.ask-codey.com/lessons/bash-getting-help) (Apprentice): 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.

Source: https://www.ask-codey.com/courses/bash-in-depth/topics/bash-help