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version 1.16.2.2, 2013/09/17 20:42:09 |
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.Sh SYNOPSIS |
.Sh SYNOPSIS |
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.Nm |
.Op Fl C Ar file |
.Op Fl C Ar file |
.Op Fl M Ar manpath |
.Op Fl M Ar path |
.Op Fl m Ar manpath |
.Op Fl m Ar path |
.Op Fl S Ar arch |
.Op Fl S Ar arch |
.Op Fl s Ar section |
.Op Fl s Ar section |
.Ar expression ... |
.Ar expression ... |
Line 36 utility queries manual page databases generated by |
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Line 36 utility queries manual page databases generated by |
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evaluating on |
evaluating on |
.Ar expression |
.Ar expression |
for each file in each database. |
for each file in each database. |
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.Pp |
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By default, |
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.Nm |
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searches for |
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.Xr mandocdb 8 |
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databases in the default paths stipulated by |
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.Xr man 1 , |
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parses terms as case-sensitive regular expressions |
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.Pq the Li \&~ operator |
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over manual names and descriptions |
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.Pq the Li \&Nm No and Li \&Nd No macro keys . |
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Multiple terms imply pairwise |
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.Fl o . |
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.Pp |
Its arguments are as follows: |
Its arguments are as follows: |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.It Fl C Ar file |
.It Fl C Ar file |
Line 44 Specify an alternative configuration |
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Line 58 Specify an alternative configuration |
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in |
in |
.Xr man.conf 5 |
.Xr man.conf 5 |
format. |
format. |
.It Fl M Ar manpath |
.It Fl M Ar path |
Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths |
Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths |
searched for |
searched for |
.Xr mandocdb 8 |
.Xr mandocdb 8 |
databases. |
databases. |
Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. |
Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. |
.It Fl m Ar manpath |
.It Fl m Ar path |
Prepend the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched |
Prepend the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched |
for |
for |
.Xr mandocdb 8 |
.Xr mandocdb 8 |
Line 126 is evaluated case-insensitively. |
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Line 140 is evaluated case-insensitively. |
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Has no effect on substring terms. |
Has no effect on substring terms. |
.El |
.El |
.Pp |
.Pp |
By default, |
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.Nm |
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searches for |
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.Xr mandocdb 8 |
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databases in the default paths stipulated by |
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.Xr man 1 , |
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parses terms as case-sensitive regular expressions |
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.Pq the Li \&~ operator |
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over manual names and descriptions |
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.Pq the Li \&Nm No and Li \&Nd No macro keys . |
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Multiple terms imply pairwise |
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.Fl o . |
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Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as |
Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as |
.Pp |
.Pp |
.D1 title(sec) \- description |
.D1 title(sec) \- description |
Line 258 If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the |
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Line 260 If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the |
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.El |
.El |
.Sh FILES |
.Sh FILES |
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact |
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact |
.It Pa mandoc.db |
.It Pa whatis.db |
name of the |
name of the |
.Xr mandocdb 8 |
.Xr mandocdb 8 |
keyword database |
keyword database |
.It Pa mandoc.index |
.It Pa whatis.index |
name of the |
name of the |
.Xr mandocdb 8 |
.Xr mandocdb 8 |
filename database |
filename database |
Line 306 as variable names in the library category: |
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Line 308 as variable names in the library category: |
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The |
The |
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utility was written by |
utility was written by |
.An Kristaps Dzonsons , |
.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv . |
.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv . |
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