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The search starts with the -m argument if provided, then continues with the -M argument, the MANPATH variable, the manpath entries in the man.conf(5) file, or with /usr/share/man: /usr/X11R6/man: /usr/local/man by default. The options -fkl are mutually exclusive and override each other. The options -IKOTW are also supported and are documented in mandoc(1). If no name is given, list the directories that would be searched.

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List the pathnames of all matching manual pages instead of displaying any of them. System maintenance and operation commands.

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Only select manuals from the specified section. This option overrides the MACHINE environment variable. Therefore this option can be used to view pages for one architecture whilst using another. subsection is case insensitive.īy default manual pages for all architectures are installed. Only show pages for the specified machine(1) architecture. These directories will be searched before those specified using the -M option, the MANPATH environment variable, the man.conf(5) file, or the default directories. The supplied path must be a colon (‘ :’) separated list of directories. m pathĪugment the list of directories to search for manual pages. This option also overrides the environment variable MANPATH and any directories specified in the man.conf(5) file. Override the list of directories to search for manual pages. No search is done and file, path, section, subsection, and -w are ignored. The name arguments are interpreted as filenames. By default, it displays the header lines of all matching pages. Instead of name, an expression can be provided using the syntax described in the apropos(1) manual. hĭisplay only the Synopsis lines of the requested manual pages. The search is case insensitive and matches whole words only. It searches for name in manual page names and displays the header lines from all matching pages. To remove the markup, pipe the output to col(1) -b instead. To print the output of man to the terminal with markup but without using a pager, pipe it to ul(1). When using -c, most terminal devices are unable to show the markup. This is done by default if the standard output is not a terminal device. cĬopy the manual page to the standard output instead of using less(1) to paginate it. See man.conf(5) for a description of the contents of this file. This permits users to configure their own manual environment. Use the specified file instead of the default configuration file. Pages may be selected according to a specific category ( section) or machine architecture ( subsection).ĭisplay all matching manual pages. The man utility displays the manual page entitled name.

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