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 .de Eaton  .de Eaton
 .No Eaton Pq before July 7, 1993; 1990/91? \\$1  .No Eaton Pq before July 7, 1993; 1990/91? \\$1
 ..  ..
   .\" man-1.5e was released on July 11, 1998.
   .de man15e
   .No man-1.5e Pq not before 1993, not after 1998 \\$1
   ..
   .\" man-1.5g was released on April 7, 1999.
   .de man15g
   .No man-1.5g Pq not before 1993, not after 1999 \\$1
   ..
 .\" man-1.6 was released on June 24, 2005.  .\" man-1.6 was released on June 24, 2005.
 .de man16  .de man16
 .No man-1.6 Pq not before 1993, not after 2005 \\$1  .No man-1.6 Pq not before 2002, not after 2005 \\$1
 ..  ..
 .\" first seen in the initial import of man-db into CVS  .\" code first seen in the initial import of man-db into CVS ,
   .\" which was more or less debian man-db-2.3.17
   .\" Colin Watson's first release was 2.3.18 on May 14, 2001
   .\" no clue about it found in ChangeLog-2013,
   .\" so it was probably already present before man-db-2.2a4
 .de dbI  .de dbI
 .No man-db Pq before Apr 26, 2001; 1994/95? \\$1  .No man-db probably before 2.2a4 Pq before Nov 8, 1994 \\$1
 ..  ..
 .\"  .\"
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------  .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .\"  .\"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS  
 XXX  
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 This manual page lists option letters used in many different versions  This manual page lists option letters used in many different versions
 of the  of the
Line 141  ASCII output mode
Line 151  ASCII output mode
 use specified browser  use specified browser
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .man16  .No man-1.6 Pq June 24, 2005
 .It Fl b  .It Fl b
 print a backtrace with each warning or error message  print a backtrace with each warning or error message
 .br  .br
Line 163  alternate configuration file
Line 173  alternate configuration file
 .Ox , Nx  .Ox , Nx
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .Nx 1.0 Pq Oct 26, 1994 ;  .Nx 1.0 Pq Oct 26, 1994 ,
 .Ox ,  .man15e ;
   .Ox
 .br  .br
 .Nm mandb , catman , manpath :  .Nm mandb , catman , manpath :
 .No man-db Pq Feb 22, 2003  .No man-db Pq Feb 22, 2003
Line 193  do not use a pager
Line 204  do not use a pager
 .Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc :  .Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc :
 .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014  .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014
 .Pp  .Pp
 disable terminal color output in  
 .Xr grotty 1  
 .br  
 .Nm groff :  
 .No groff-1.18.0 Pq Oct 4, 2001  
 .Pp  
 reformat source page even if cat page exists  
 .br  
 .Nm man :  
 .man16  
 .Pp  
 process given catpath  process given catpath
 .br  .br
 .Nm makewhatis :  .Nm makewhatis :
 .man16  .Pq not before 1992, not after 1995
 .Pp  .Pp
 recreate databases from scratch  recreate databases from scratch
 .br  .br
Line 225  internal option for use by
Line 225  internal option for use by
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .dbI  .dbI
 .Pp  .Pp
   reformat source page even if cat page exists
   .br
   .Nm man :
   .man15e
   .Pp
   disable terminal color output in
   .Xr grotty 1
   .br
   .Nm groff :
   .No groff-1.18.0 Pq Oct 4, 2001
   .Pp
 recreate nroff versions from SGML sources  recreate nroff versions from SGML sources
 .br  .br
 .Nm catman :  .Nm catman :
Line 238  postprocess with
Line 249  postprocess with
 .At3 ,  .At3 ,
 .At5  .At5
 .It Fl D  .It Fl D
 print debugging info in addition to manual page  
 .br  
 .Nm man :  
 .man16  
 .Pp  
 reset whatever was set with  reset whatever was set with
 .Ev MANOPT  .Ev MANOPT
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .dbI  .dbI
 .Pp  .Pp
   print debugging info in addition to manual page
   .br
   .Nm man :
   .man15e
   .Pp
 set default input encoding for  set default input encoding for
 .Xr preconv 1  .Xr preconv 1
 .br  .br
Line 320  adjust text to left and right margins
Line 331  adjust text to left and right margins
 .Nm nroff :  .Nm nroff :
 .At7  .At7
 .Pp  .Pp
 restrict search by section extension  
 .br  
 .Nm man :  
 .dbI  
 .Pp  
 use exact matching  use exact matching
 .br  .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :  .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .dbI  .dbI
   .Pp
   restrict search by section extension
   .br
   .Nm man :
   .No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995
 .It Fl F  .It Fl F
 use alternate font directory  use alternate font directory
 .br  .br
Line 341  use alternate font directory
Line 352  use alternate font directory
 preformat only, do not display  preformat only, do not display
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .man16  .No man-1.5g Pq April 7, 1999
 .Pp  .Pp
 force searchings dirs, do not use index (default)  force searching dirs, do not use index (default)
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .No illumos , Solaris 9-11  .No illumos , Solaris 9-11
Line 403  preprocess with
Line 414  preprocess with
 produce a global manpath  produce a global manpath
 .br  .br
 .Nm manpath :  .Nm manpath :
 .dbI  .No man-db-2.2a7 Pq Nov 16, 1994
 .Pp  .Pp
 preprocess with  preprocess with
 .Xr grn 1  .Xr grn 1
Line 428  read hyphenation patterns from the given file
Line 439  read hyphenation patterns from the given file
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .Bx44N1
 .Pp  .Pp
 use program to render HTML files as text  produce HTML output
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .man16  .No man-db-1.3.12 to 1.3.17 Pq not before 1996, not after 2001
 .Pp  .Pp
 produce HTML output  use program to render HTML files as text
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .dbI  .No man-1.6 Pq June 24, 2005
 .It Fl h  .It Fl h
 print a help message and exit  print a help message and exit
 .br  .br
Line 526  preprocess with
Line 537  preprocess with
 source code full text search  source code full text search
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .man16 ;  .man15e ,
 .No man-db Pq June 28, 2009 ,  .No man-db Pq June 28, 2009 ;
 .No Solaris 11  .No Solaris 11
 .Pp  .Pp
 input encoding  input encoding
Line 571  pass argument to the spooler
Line 582  pass argument to the spooler
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .Bx44N1
 .Pp  .Pp
 print list of locales  
 .br  
 .Nm manpath :  
 .Fx Pq Nov 23, 1999  
 .Pp  
 use alternate  use alternate
 .Xr locale 1  .Xr locale 1
 .br  .br
 .Nm man , apropos , whatis :  .Nm man , apropos , whatis :
 .dbI  .No before man-db-2.2a13 Pq before Dec 15, 1994
 .Pp  .Pp
   print list of locales
   .br
   .Nm manpath :
   .Fx Pq Nov 23, 1999
   .Pp
 use  use
 .Xr locale 1  .Xr locale 1
 specified in the environment  specified in the environment
Line 597  spool the output
Line 608  spool the output
 interpret arguments as file names  interpret arguments as file names
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .dbI ,  .No before man-2.2a7 Pq before Nov 16, 1994 ,
 .Ox 5.7 Pq Aug 30, 2014  .Ox 5.7 Pq Aug 30, 2014
 .br  .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc :  .Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc :
Line 632  override manual page search path
Line 643  override manual page search path
 .br  .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :  .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .Bx43 ,  .Bx43 ,
 .dbI ;  .No before man-db-2.2a14 Pq before Dec 16, 1994 ;
 .Ox , No illumos  .Ox , No illumos
 .br  .br
 .Nm catman :  .Nm catman :
Line 879  set number register
Line 890  set number register
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .Bx44N1
 .Pp  .Pp
   scan for and remove junk files
   .br
   .Nm catman :
   .Fx Pq March 31, 1995
   .Pp
 set  set
 .Xr less 1  .Xr less 1
 prompt  prompt
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .dbI  .No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995
 .Pp  .Pp
 use regular expression matching  use regular expression matching
 .br  .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :  .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .dbI  .No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995
 .Pp  .Pp
 scan for and remove junk files  
 .br  
 .Nm catman :  
 .Fx Pq March 31, 1995  
 .Pp  
 turn off formatting  turn off formatting
 .br  .br
 .Nm apropos :  .Nm apropos :
Line 946  silent mode, do not echo commands
Line 957  silent mode, do not echo commands
 .Pp  .Pp
 restrict section  restrict section
 .br  .br
   .Nm makewhatis :
   .man15g
   .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .Ox 2.3 Pq March 9, 1998 ,  .Ox 2.3 Pq March 9, 1998 ,
 .Nx Pq June 12, 2000 ;  .Nx Pq June 12, 2000 ;
Line 953  restrict section
Line 967  restrict section
 .br  .br
 .Nm apropos :  .Nm apropos :
 .No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 ,  .No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 ,
 .Ox 4.5 Pq Dec 24, 2008 ;  .Ox 4.5 Pq Dec 24, 2008 ,
 .Nx Pq May 8, 2009 ,  .Nx Pq May 8, 2009 ;
 .No illumos  .No illumos
 .br  .br
 .Nm whatis :  .Nm whatis :
 .Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 ,  
 .No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 ,  .No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 ,
   .Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 ;
 .No illumos  .No illumos
 .br  .Pp
 .Nm mandoc :  .Nm mandoc :
 .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014  .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014
 .br  .br
 .Nm makewhatis :  
 .man16  
 .Pp  .Pp
 do not look for stray cats  do not look for stray cats
 .br  .br
Line 1055  preprocess with
Line 1067  preprocess with
 check manual pages in the hierarchy  check manual pages in the hierarchy
 .br  .br
 .Nm mandb :  .Nm mandb :
 .dbI  .No man-db-1.3.12 to 1.3.17 Pq not before 1996, not after 2001
 .Pp  .Pp
 check files for problems related to  check files for problems related to
 .Xr mandoc.db 5  .Xr mandoc.db 5
Line 1071  unsafe mode
Line 1083  unsafe mode
 update database  update database
 .br  .br
 .Nm makewhatis :  .Nm makewhatis :
 .man16  .Pq not before 1992, not after 1995
 .Pp  .Pp
 update database cache (requires suid)  
 .br  
 .Nm man :  
 .dbI  
 .Pp  
 create user databases only  create user databases only
 .br  .br
 .Nm mandb :  .Nm mandb :
 .dbI  .dbI
 .Pp  .Pp
   update database cache (requires suid)
   .br
   .Nm man :
   .No before man-db-2.2a10 Pq before Dec 6, 1994
   .Pp
 remove files from  remove files from
 .Xr mandoc.db 5  .Xr mandoc.db 5
 .br  .br
Line 1110  verbose mode
Line 1122  verbose mode
 .Fx Pq March 15, 1995  .Fx Pq March 15, 1995
 .br  .br
 .Nm makewhatis :  .Nm makewhatis :
 .man16  .man15g
 .br  .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :  .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .No man-db Pq Dec 29, 2002  .No man-db Pq Dec 29, 2002
Line 1134  disable the named warning
Line 1146  disable the named warning
 list pathnames without additional information  list pathnames without additional information
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .man16  .man15e
 .Pp  .Pp
 list pathnames of cat files  list pathnames of cat files
 .br  .br
Line 1174  database
Line 1186  database
 .Nx Pq July 27, 1993 ,  .Nx Pq July 27, 1993 ,
 .No Solaris 9-11  .No Solaris 9-11
 .Pp  .Pp
 use manpath obtained from man --path  
 .br  
 .Nm makewhatis :  
 .man16  
 .Pp  
 use wildcard matching  use wildcard matching
 .br  .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :  .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .dbI  .No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995
 .Pp  .Pp
   use manpath obtained from man --path
   .br
   .Nm makewhatis :
   .man15g
   .Pp
 update the  update the
 .Xr whatis 1  .Xr whatis 1
 database  database
Line 1218  do not run preprocessors
Line 1230  do not run preprocessors
 .Bx44N1  .Bx44N1
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .dbI  .No man-db-2.2a5 Pq Nov 10, 1994
 .It Fl z  .It Fl z
 suppress formatted output from  suppress formatted output from
 .Xr troff 1 ,  .Xr troff 1 ,
Line 1230  print only error messages
Line 1242  print only error messages
 ASCII output mode  ASCII output mode
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .dbI  .No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995
 .It Fl \&?  .It Fl \&?
 print a help message and exit  print a help message and exit
 .br  .br
Line 1297  the OpenBSD CVS repository
Line 1309  the OpenBSD CVS repository
 .It  .It
 the NetBSD CVS repository  the NetBSD CVS repository
 .It  .It
 the man-db CVS and git repositories  the GNU roff (groff) git repository
 .It  .It
 the final man-1.6 release tarball  the man-db CVS and git repositories (since April 2001)
   .It
   the man-db NEWS file (April 1995 to Dec 2016)
   .It
   the man-db ChangeLog-2013 file (Nov 1994 to Dec 2013)
   .It
   release tarballs man-1.5g (July 1998) to man-1.5p (Jan 2005),
   man-1.6 (June 2005), and man-1.6a to man-1.6g (Dec 2010)
   .It
   a makewhatis release tarball without version number from 1995
 .It  .It
 the illumos manual pages on the WWW  the illumos manual pages on the WWW
 .It  .It

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