=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/apropos.1,v retrieving revision 1.2 retrieving revision 1.33 diff -u -p -r1.2 -r1.33 --- mandoc/apropos.1 2011/10/08 12:24:40 1.2 +++ mandoc/apropos.1 2014/08/22 04:52:55 1.33 @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.2 2011/10/08 12:24:40 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.33 2014/08/22 04:52:55 schwarze Exp $ .\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons +.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons +.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2014 Ingo Schwarze .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above @@ -14,157 +15,451 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: October 8 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 22 2014 $ .Dt APROPOS 1 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm apropos -.Nd search the manual page database +.Nm apropos , +.Nm whatis +.Nd search manual page databases .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Op Fl eIr -.Op Fl a Ar arch -.Op Fl c Ar cat -.Op Fl s Ar sort -.Op Fl t Ar types -.Ar key +.Op Fl acfkw +.Op Fl C Ar file +.Op Fl M Ar path +.Op Fl m Ar path +.Op Fl O Ar outkey +.Op Fl S Ar arch +.Op Fl s Ar section +.Ar expression ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The +.Nm apropos +and +.Nm whatis +utilities query manual page databases generated by +.Xr makewhatis 8 , +evaluating +.Ar expression +for each file in each database. +By default, they display the names, section numbers, and description lines +of all matching manuals. +.Pp +By default, .Nm -utility queries the manual page database. -Its arguments are as follows: +searches for +.Xr makewhatis 8 +databases in the default paths stipulated by +.Xr man 1 +and uses case-insensitive substring matching +.Pq the Cm = No operator +over manual names and descriptions +.Pq the Li \&Nm No and Li \&Nd No macro keys . +Multiple terms imply pairwise +.Fl o . +.Pp +.Nm whatis +is a synonym for +.Nm +.Fl f . +.Pp +The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Fl a Ar arch -Search only for a particular architecture. -.It Fl c Ar cat -Search only for a category (manual section). +.It Fl a +Instead of showing only the title lines, show the complete manual pages, +just like +.Xr man 1 +.Fl a +would. +If the standard output is a terminal device and +.Fl c +is not specified, use +.Xr more 1 +to paginate them. +In +.Fl a +mode, the options +.Fl IOTW +described in the +.Xr mandoc 1 +manual are also available. +.It Fl C Ar file +Specify an alternative configuration +.Ar file +in +.Xr man.conf 5 +format. +.It Fl c +In +.Fl a +mode, copy the formatted manual pages to the standard output without using +.Xr more 1 +to paginate them. +.It Fl f +Search for all words in +.Ar expression +in manual page names only. +The search is case insensitive and matches whole words only. +In this mode, macro keys, comparison operators, and logical operators +are not available. +This overrides any earlier +.Fl k +option. +.It Fl k +Support the full +.Ar expression +syntax. +This overrides any earlier +.Fl f +option. +It is the default for +.Nm . +.It Fl M Ar path +Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths +searched for +.Xr makewhatis 8 +databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +.It Fl m Ar path +Prepend the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched +for +.Xr makewhatis 8 +databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +.It Fl O Ar outkey +Show the values associated with the key +.Ar outkey +instead of the manual descriptions. +.It Fl S Ar arch +Restrict the search to pages for the specified +.Xr machine 1 +architecture. +.Ar arch +is case insensitive. +By default, pages for all architectures are shown. +.It Fl s Ar section +Restrict the search to the specified section of the manual. +By default, pages from all sections are shown. See .Xr man 1 -for a listing of categories. -.It Fl e -Search only for exact matches (subject to -.Fl I ) . -.It Fl I -Case-insensitive matching. -.It Fl r -Consider +for a listing of sections. +.It Fl w +Instead of showing title lines, show the pathnames of the matching +manual pages, just like +.Xr man 1 +.Fl w +would. +.El +.Pp +An +.Ar expression +consists of search terms joined by logical operators +.Fl a +.Pq and +and +.Fl o +.Pq or . +The +.Fl a +operator has precedence over +.Fl o +and both are evaluated left-to-right. +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It \&( Ar expr No \&) +True if the subexpression +.Ar expr +is true. +.It Ar expr1 Fl a Ar expr2 +True if both +.Ar expr1 +and +.Ar expr2 +are true (logical +.Sq and ) . +.It Ar expr1 Oo Fl o Oc Ar expr2 +True if +.Ar expr1 +and/or +.Ar expr2 +evaluate to true (logical +.Sq or ) . +.It Ar term +True if +.Ar term +is satisfied. +This has syntax +.Sm off +.Oo +.Op Ar key Op , Ar key ... +.Pq Cm = | ~ +.Oc +.Ar val , +.Sm on +where .Ar key -to be a POSIX regular expression (subject to -.Fl I ) . +is an +.Xr mdoc 7 +macro to query and +.Ar val +is its value. See -.Xr re_format 7 -for a description of regular expressions. -.It Fl s Ar sort -Sorting type. -Accepts -.Ar cat -to sort by category and then by title or -.Ar title -to sort by title (which is the default). -.It Fl t Ar types -Consider only types of keyword match, where -.Ar types -is a comma-separated list consisting of the following: -.Ar name , -manual names; -.Ar func , -function names; -.Ar utility , -utility names; -.Ar incl , -include files; -.Ar var , -variable names; -.Ar stand , -standards ; -.Ar auth , -authors; -.Ar conf , -configuration strings; -.Ar desc , -descriptive text; -.Ar xref , -cross-references. -.Ar path , -file pathnames; -.Ar env , -environment variables; or -.Ar err , -error codes. -Specifying -.Ar all -will search for all types. -.It Ar key -The search key. +.Sx Macro Keys +for a list of available keys. +Operator +.Cm = +evaluates a substring, while +.Cm ~ +evaluates a regular expression. +.It Fl i Ar term +If +.Ar term +is a regular expression, it +is evaluated case-insensitively. +Has no effect on substring terms. .El .Pp -By default, -.Nm -searches for substring matches of -.Ar key -in manual names and descriptions -and displays results by manual title. -Output is formatted as +Results are sorted by manual sections and names, with output formatted as .Pp -.D1 title(cat) \- description +.D1 name[, name...](sec) \- description .Pp Where -.Qq title -is the manual's title (note multiple manual names may exist for one -title), -.Qq cat -is the category, and -.Qq description +.Dq name +is the manual's name, +.Dq sec +is the manual section, and +.Dq description is the manual's short description. If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is displayed as .Pp -.D1 title(cat/arch) \- description +.D1 name(sec/arch) \- description .Pp Resulting manuals may be accessed as .Pp -.Dl $ man -s cat title +.Dl $ man \-s sec name .Pp If an architecture is specified in the output, use .Pp -.Dl $ man -s cat -S arch title -.\" .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES -.\" Not used in OpenBSD. -.\" .Sh RETURN VALUES -.\" For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. -.\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT -.\" For sections 1, 6, 7, & 8 only. -.\" .Sh FILES +.Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch name +.Ss Macro Keys +Queries evaluate over a subset of +.Xr mdoc 7 +macros indexed by +.Xr makewhatis 8 . +In addition to the macro keys listed below, the special key +.Cm any +may be used to match any available macro key. +.Pp +Names and description: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Nm Ta manual name +.It Li \&Nd Ta one-line manual description +.It Li arch Ta machine architecture (case-insensitive) +.It Li sec Ta manual section number +.El +.Pp +Sections and cross references: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Sh Ta section header (excluding standard sections) +.It Li \&Ss Ta subsection header +.It Li \&Xr Ta cross reference to another manual page +.It Li \&Rs Ta bibliographic reference +.El +.Pp +Semantic markup for command line utilities: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Fl Ta command line options (flags) +.It Li \&Cm Ta command modifier +.It Li \&Ar Ta command argument +.It Li \&Ic Ta internal or interactive command +.It Li \&Ev Ta environmental variable +.It Li \&Pa Ta file system path +.El +.Pp +Semantic markup for function libraries: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Lb Ta function library name +.It Li \&In Ta include file +.It Li \&Ft Ta function return type +.It Li \&Fn Ta function name +.It Li \&Fa Ta function argument type and name +.It Li \&Vt Ta variable type +.It Li \&Va Ta variable name +.It Li \&Dv Ta defined variable or preprocessor constant +.It Li \&Er Ta error constant +.It Li \&Ev Ta environmental variable +.El +.Pp +Various semantic markup: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&An Ta author name +.It Li \&Lk Ta hyperlink +.It Li \&Mt Ta Do mailto Dc hyperlink +.It Li \&Cd Ta kernel configuration declaration +.It Li \&Ms Ta mathematical symbol +.It Li \&Tn Ta tradename +.El +.Pp +Physical markup: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Em Ta italic font or underline +.It Li \&Sy Ta boldface font +.It Li \&Li Ta typewriter font +.El +.Pp +Text production: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&St Ta reference to a standards document +.It Li \&At Ta At No version reference +.It Li \&Bx Ta Bx No version reference +.It Li \&Bsx Ta Bsx No version reference +.It Li \&Nx Ta Nx No version reference +.It Li \&Fx Ta Fx No version reference +.It Li \&Ox Ta Ox No version reference +.It Li \&Dx Ta Dx No version reference +.El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width MANPAGER +.It Ev MANPAGER +Any non-empty value of the environment variable +.Ev MANPAGER +will be used instead of the standard pagination program, +.Xr more 1 . +.It Ev MANPATH +The standard search path used by +.Xr man 1 +may be changed by specifying a path in the +.Ev MANPATH +environment variable. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +Overridden by +.Fl M . +If +.Ev MANPATH +begins with a colon, it is appended to the default list; +if it ends with a colon, it is prepended to the default list; +or if it contains two adjacent colons, +the standard search path is inserted between the colons. +If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the +standard search path. +.It Ev PAGER +Specifies the pagination program to use when +.Ev MANPAGER +is not defined. +If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined, +.Pa /usr/bin/more Fl s +will be used. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact +.It Pa mandoc.db +name of the +.Xr makewhatis 8 +keyword database +.It Pa /etc/man.conf +default +.Xr man 1 +configuration file +.El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh EXAMPLES Search for +.Qq .cf +as a substring of manual names and descriptions: +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos .cf +.Pp +Include matches for +.Qq .cnf +and +.Qq .conf +as well: +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos .cf .cnf .conf +.Pp +Search in names and descriptions using a regular expression: +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos '~set.?[ug]id' +.Pp +Search for manuals in the library section mentioning both the .Qq optind -as a variable name in the library category: +and the +.Qq optarg +variables: .Pp -.Dl $ apropos -tvar -c 3 optind +.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 Va=optind \-a Va=optarg .Pp -Search for all manuals referencing the term -.Qq POSIX -in any letter case: +Do exactly the same as calling +.Xr whatis 1 +with the argument +.Qq ssh : .Pp -.Dl $ apropos -tall -I posix -.\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS -.\" For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, & 8 only. -.\" .Sh ERRORS -.\" For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. +.Dl $ apropos \-\- \-i 'Nm~[[:<:]]ssh[[:>:]]' +.Pp +The following two invocations are equivalent: +.Pp +.D1 Li $ apropos -S Ar arch Li -s Ar section expression +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Li $ apropos \e( Ar expression Li \e) +.Li -a arch~^( Ns Ar arch Ns Li |any)$ +.Li -a sec~^ Ns Ar section Ns Li $ +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr man 1 , -.Xr mandoc 1 , -.Xr re_format 7 -.\" .Sh STANDARDS -.\" .Sh HISTORY -.Sh AUTHORS +.Xr re_format 7 , +.Xr makewhatis 8 +.Sh HISTORY +Part of the functionality of +.Nm whatis +was already provided by the former +.Nm manwhere +utility in +.Bx 1 . The .Nm -utility was written by -.An Kristaps Dzonsons , -.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv . -.\" .Sh CAVEATS -.\" .Sh BUGS -.\" .Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS -.\" Not used in OpenBSD. +and +.Nm whatis +utilities first appeared in +.Bx 2 . +They were rewritten from scratch for +.Ox 5.6 . +.Pp +The +.Fl M +option and the +.Ev MANPATH +variable first appeared in +.Bx 4.3 ; +.Fl m +in +.Bx 4.3 Reno ; +.Fl C +in +.Bx 4.4 Lite1 ; +and +.Fl S +and +.Fl s +in +.Ox 4.5 +for +.Nm +and in +.Ox 5.6 +for +.Nm whatis . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.An Bill Joy +wrote +.Nm manwhere +in 1977 and the original +.Bx +.Nm +and +.Nm whatis +in February 1979. +The current version was written by +.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv +and +.An Ingo Schwarze Aq Mt schwarze@openbsd.org .