How to get help on a specific option of a command

Question

I guess the title says it all. I know I can get help on a specific command, for example wget, like this:

wget --help

But how can I get help on some specific option of that command? For example, I might want to find out about (and only about) wget's -A option. You won't believe it, but an hour of googleing didn't help me on this question :)

Thanks a lot in advance!

man should give you the information. In most cases, simply search google for `man ` gives you an online version. — Jacob Vlijm, Mar 01 '15 at 18:12
@souravc : thanks for the link. I didn't know about the `/` command. That pretty much solved my problems :) — Michael Langbein, Mar 01 '15 at 18:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '15 at 18:15

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use man pages in ubuntu

in the terminal type

man <command name>

eg: man wget

it will shows up a detailed description of the command including options.

answered Mar 01 '15 at 18:15

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Thanks for the quick answer! I knew about man-pages, but didn't know you could search them with `/`. Heard about it for the first time here [how-can-i-search-within-a-manpage](http://askubuntu.com/questions/20752/how-can-i-search-within-a-manpage). Well, problem solved, merci! – Michael Langbein Mar 01 '15 at 18:24

How to get help on a specific option of a command

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