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.Nd search manual page databases

.Sh SYNOPSIS

.Nm

.Op Fl C Ar file

.Op Fl M Ar manpath

.Op Fl m Ar manpath

.Op Fl S Ar arch

.Op Fl s Ar section

.Ar expression...

.Ar expression ...

.Sh DESCRIPTION

The

.Nm

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for each file in each database.

Its arguments are as follows:

.Bl -tag -width Ds

.It Fl C Ar file

Specify an alternative configuration

.Ar file

.Xr man.conf 5

format.

.It Fl M Ar manpath

Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths

searched for

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.Sh ENVIRONMENT

.Bl -tag -width Ds

.It Ev MANPATH

Colon-separated paths overriding the default list of paths searched for

Colon-separated paths modifying the default list of paths searched for

manual databases.

Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.

Overridden by

.Fl M .

.Ev MANPATH

begins with a

.Sq \&: ,

it is appended to the default list;

else if it ends with

.Sq \&: ,

it is prepended to the default list; else if it contains

.Sq \&:: ,

the default list is inserted between the colons.

If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the default list.

.El

.Sh FILES

.Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact

.It Pa whatis.db

name of the

.Xr mandocdb 8

keyword database

.It Pa whatis.index

name of the

.Xr mandocdb 8

filename database

.It Pa /etc/man.conf

default

.Xr man 1

configuration file

.El

.Sh EXIT STATUS

.Ex -std

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