=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/apropos.1,v retrieving revision 1.8 retrieving revision 1.49 diff -u -p -r1.8 -r1.49 --- mandoc/apropos.1 2011/11/23 10:09:30 1.8 +++ mandoc/apropos.1 2018/11/22 12:33:52 1.49 @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.8 2011/11/23 10:09:30 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.49 2018/11/22 12:33:52 schwarze Exp $ .\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons +.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons +.\" Copyright (c) 2011,2012,2014,2017,2018 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 @@ -14,50 +15,131 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: November 23 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 22 2018 $ .Dt APROPOS 1 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm apropos +.Nm apropos , +.Nm whatis .Nd search manual page databases .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Op Fl M Ar manpath -.Op Fl m Ar manpath +.Op Fl afk +.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... +.Ar expression ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The -.Nm -utility queries manual page databases generated by -.Xr mandocdb 8 , -evaluating on +.Nm apropos +and +.Nm whatis +utilities query manual page databases generated by +.Xr makewhatis 8 , +evaluating .Ar expression for each file in each database. -Its arguments are as follows: +By default, they display the names, section numbers, and description lines +of all matching manuals. +.Pp +By default, +.Nm +searches for +.Xr makewhatis 8 +databases in the default paths stipulated by +.Xr man 1 +and uses case-insensitive extended regular expression matching +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 M Ar manpath +.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 IKOTW +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 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. +.It Fl k +Support the full +.Ar expression +syntax. +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 mandocdb 8 +.Xr makewhatis 8 databases. Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. -.It Fl m Ar manpath -Append the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched +.It Fl m Ar path +Prepend the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched for -.Xr mandocdb 8 +.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 -Search only for a particular architecture. -.It Fl s Ar cat -Search only for a manual section. +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 manual sections. +for a listing of sections. .El .Pp +The options +.Fl chlw +are also supported and are documented in +.Xr man 1 . +The options +.Fl fkl +are mutually exclusive and override each other. +.Pp An .Ar expression consists of search terms joined by logical operators @@ -82,124 +164,347 @@ True if both and .Ar expr2 are true (logical -.Qq and ) . +.Sq and ) . .It Ar expr1 Oo Fl o Oc Ar expr2 True if .Ar expr1 and/or .Ar expr2 evaluate to true (logical -.Qq or ) . +.Sq or ) . .It Ar term True if .Ar term is satisfied. This has syntax -.Li [key[,key]*(=~)]?val , -where operand -.Li key +.Sm off +.Oo +.Op Ar key Op , Ar key ... +.Pq Cm = | \(ti +.Oc +.Ar val , +.Sm on +where +.Ar key is an .Xr mdoc 7 macro to query and -.Li val +.Ar val is its value. +See +.Sx Macro Keys +for a list of available keys. Operator -.Li \&= +.Cm = evaluates a substring, while -.Li \&~ -evaluates a regular expression. +.Cm \(ti +evaluates a case-sensitive extended regular expression. .It Fl i Ar term -Same as -.Ar term , -but +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 -.Xr mandocdb 8 -databases in the default paths stipulated by -.Xr man 1 , -parses terms as case-sensitive regular expressions -.Pq the Li \&~ operator -over manual names and descriptions -.Pq the Li \&Nm No and Li \&Nd No macros . -Multiple terms imply pairwise -.Fl o . -Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as +Results are sorted first according to the section number in ascending +numerical order, then by the page name in ascending +.Xr ascii 7 +alphabetical order, case-insensitive. .Pp -.D1 title(sec) \- description +Each output line is formatted as .Pp +.D1 name[, name...](sec) \- description +.Pp Where -.Qq title -is the manual's title (note multiple manual names may exist for one -title), -.Qq sec +.Dq name +is the manual's name, +.Dq sec is the manual section, and -.Qq description +.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 sec title +.Dl $ man \-s sec name .Pp If an architecture is specified in the output, use .Pp -.Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch title +.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 +.Pp +In general, macro keys are supposed to yield complete results without +expecting the user to consider actual macro usage. +For example, results include: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width 3n -offset 3n -compact +.It Li \&Fa +function arguments appearing on +.Ic \&Fn +lines +.It Li \&Fn +function names marked up with +.Ic \&Fo +macros +.It Li \&In +include file names marked up with +.Ic \&Fd +macros +.It Li \&Vt +types appearing as function return types and +.It \& +types appearing in function arguments in the SYNOPSIS +.El .Sh ENVIRONMENT -.Bl -tag -width Ds +.Bl -tag -width MANPAGER +.It Ev MANPAGER +Any non-empty value of the environment variable +.Ev MANPAGER +is used instead of the standard pagination program, +.Xr more 1 ; +see +.Xr man 1 +for details. +Only used if +.Fl a +or +.Fl l +is specified. .It Ev MANPATH -Comma-separated paths overriding the default list of paths searched for -manual databases. -Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. -Takes precedence over -.Fl M . +A colon-separated list of directories to search for manual pages; see +.Xr man 1 +for details. +Overridden by +.Fl M , +ignored if +.Fl l +is specified. +.It Ev PAGER +Specifies the pagination program to use when +.Ev MANPAGER +is not defined. +If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined, +.Xr more 1 +.Fl s +is used. +Only used if +.Fl a +or +.Fl l +is specified. .El -.\" .Sh FILES +.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 mdoc -within the manual name and description: +.Qq .cf +as a substring of manual names and descriptions: .Pp -.Dl $ apropos mdoc +.Dl $ apropos =.cf .Pp -Two variants of searching for -.Qq mdoc , -.Qq roff , -or -.Qq man -within manual names and descriptions: +Include matches for +.Qq .cnf +and +.Qq .conf +as well: .Pp -.Dl $ apropos mdoc roff man -.Dl $ apropos mdoc \-o roff \-o man +.Dl $ apropos =.cf =.cnf =.conf .Pp -Search for +Search in names and descriptions using a case-sensitive regular expression: +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos \(aq\(tiset.?[ug]id\(aq +.Pp +Search for manuals in the library section mentioning both the .Qq optind -and +and the .Qq optarg -as variable names in the library category: +variables: .Pp -.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 \(dqVa~^optind$\(dq -a \(dqVa~^optarg$\(dq +.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 Va=optind \-a Va=optarg .Pp -Search for all manuals referencing -.Qq POSIX -in any letter case: +Do exactly the same as calling +.Nm whatis +with the argument +.Qq ssh : .Pp -.Dl $ apropos \-\- \-i posix +.Dl $ apropos \-\- \-i \(aqNm\(ti[[:<:]]ssh[[:>:]]\(aq +.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\(ti^( Ns Ar arch Ns Li |any)$ +.Li -a sec\(ti^ Ns Ar section Ns Li $ +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr man 1 , -.Xr mandoc 1 , -.Xr re_format 7 -.Sh AUTHORS +.Xr re_format 7 , +.Xr makewhatis 8 +.Sh STANDARDS The .Nm -utility was written by -.An Kristaps Dzonsons , -.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv . +utility is compliant with the +.St -p1003.1-2008 +specification of +.Xr man 1 +.Fl k . +.Pp +All options, the +.Nm whatis +command, support for logical operators, macro keys, +substring matching, sorting of results, the environment variables +.Ev MANPAGER +and +.Ev MANPATH , +the database format, and the configuration file +are extensions to that specification. +.Sh HISTORY +Part of the functionality of +.Nm whatis +was already provided by the former +.Nm manwhere +utility in +.Bx 1 . +The +.Nm +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 . +The options +.Fl acfhIKklOTWw +appeared in +.Ox 5.7 . +.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 .