- Extension
- .man
- .md
- Format
- Text
- Text
- Category
- Document
- Developer
- Developer
- AT&T Bell Labs
- John Gruber
- Description
- A Unix Manual Page (.man) file contains documentation text formatted with troff/groff macros, typically using the man or mdoc macro package. These files are the source for the 'man' command documentation system used on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. They describe commands, system calls, library functions, and other system components.
- An MD file is a text file created using one of several possible dialects of the Markdown language. It is saved in plain text format but includes inline text symbols that define how to format the text (e.g., bold, indentations, headers, table formatting). MD files are designed for authoring plain text documentation that can be easily converted to HTML.
- MIME Type
- application/x-troff-man
- text/x-markdown
