These are the commands you can use in help: . go up one level in the hierarchy ? display a list of valid subtopics at the current level done, ^D, ^C quit from help entirely help on a topic or subtopic Eg. "help show" will give you the help screen for the "show" command "help set search" Will give you the help information for the "search" variable. The command "manpage" will give you a complete copy of the archie manual page.