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 .de Bx43  .de Bx43
 .Bx 4.3 Pq June 1986 \\$1  .Bx 4.3 Pq June 1986 \\$1
 ..  ..
 .de Bx44N1  .\" option was present in groff-1.01 as contained in 4.3BSD-Net/2
 .Bx 4.3 Net/1 Pq March 3, 1989 \\$1  .\" and no mention of it could be found in the ChangeLog,
   .\" so it's probably older than groff-0.4, where the log started
   .de g04
   .No probably before groff-0.4 Pq before July 14, 1990 \\$1
 ..  ..
 .de g102  
 .No groff-1.02 Pq after March 1989, before June 1991 \\$1  
 ..  
 .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-1.6 was released on June 24, 2005.  .\" man-1.5e was released on July 11, 1998.
 .de man16  .de man15e
 .No man-1.6 Pq not before 1993, not after 2005 \\$1  .No man-1.5e Pq not before 1993, not after 1998 \\$1
 ..  ..
 .\" first seen in the initial import of man-db into CVS  .\" man-1.5g was released on April 7, 1999.
   .de man15g
   .No man-1.5g Pq not before 1993, not after 1999 \\$1
   ..
   .\" 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
 ..  ..
 .\"  .\"
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------  .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
Line 134  ASCII output mode
Line 142  ASCII output mode
 .At7  .At7
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .It Fl B  .It Fl B
 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
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 .Bq obsolete hardware  .Bq obsolete hardware
 report whether the phototypesetter is busy  report whether the phototypesetter is busy
Line 156  alternate configuration file
Line 164  alternate configuration file
 .br  .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :  .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .Bx 4.4 Lite1 Pq April 22, 1994 ,  .Bx 4.4 Lite1 Pq April 22, 1994 ,
 .man16 ,  
 .No man-db Pq Feb 22, 2003 ;  .No man-db Pq Feb 22, 2003 ;
 .Ox , Nx  .Ox , Nx
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .Nx 1.0 Pq Oct 26, 1994 ;  .Nx 1.0 Pq Oct 26, 1994 ,
   .man15e ;
 .Ox  .Ox
 .br  .br
 .Nm mandb , catman , manpath :  .Nm mandb , catman , manpath :
Line 180  alternate configuration file
Line 188  alternate configuration file
 enable compatibility mode  enable compatibility mode
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .No before groff-0.5 Pq before August 3, 1990
 .It Fl c  .It Fl c
 do not use a pager  do not use a pager
 .br  .br
Line 191  do not use a pager
Line 199  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 223  internal option for use by
Line 220  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 236  postprocess with
Line 244  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 262  display all files added to
Line 270  display all files added to
 define a user-defined string  define a user-defined string
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 print debugging information  print debugging information
 .br  .br
Line 297  interpret arguments as file names
Line 305  interpret arguments as file names
 inhibit all error messages  inhibit all error messages
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 select output encoding  select output encoding
 .br  .br
Line 311  preprocess with
Line 319  preprocess with
 .At7  .At7
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 adjust text to left and right margins  adjust text to left and right margins
 .br  .br
 .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 334  use alternate font directory
Line 342  use alternate font directory
 .Bx 4.2 Pq September 1983  .Bx 4.2 Pq September 1983
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 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 364  mode
Line 372  mode
 set the default font family  set the default font family
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 force formatting even if cat page is newer  force formatting even if cat page is newer
 .br  .br
Line 401  preprocess with
Line 409  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 424  output to a DASI 300 terminal in 12-pitch mode
Line 432  output to a DASI 300 terminal in 12-pitch mode
 read hyphenation patterns from the given file  read hyphenation patterns from the given file
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .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
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .br  .br
 .Nm man :  .Nm man :
 .Eaton ;  .Eaton ;
Line 497  read standard input after the input files are exhauste
Line 505  read standard input after the input files are exhauste
 .At7  .At7
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 ignore case when matching manual page names  ignore case when matching manual page names
 .br  .br
Line 524  preprocess with
Line 532  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 567  display on a Tektronix 4014 terminal
Line 575  display on a Tektronix 4014 terminal
 pass argument to the spooler  pass argument to the spooler
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .No groff-0.6 Pq Sep 14, 1990
 .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 590  specified in the environment
Line 598  specified in the environment
 spool the output  spool the output
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 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 630  override manual page search path
Line 638  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 644  override manual page search path
Line 652  override manual page search path
 prepend to macro file search path  prepend to macro file search path
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 do not show the context of the match  do not show the context of the match
 .br  .br
Line 657  specify input macro language
Line 665  specify input macro language
 .At7  .At7
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .br  .br
 .Nm mandoc :  .Nm mandoc :
 .Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009  .Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009
Line 698  do not allow newlines between
Line 706  do not allow newlines between
 delimiters  delimiters
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .No groff-1.01 Pq Feb 21, 1991
 .It Fl n  .It Fl n
 specify a page number for the first page  specify a page number for the first page
 .br  .br
Line 706  specify a page number for the first page
Line 714  specify a page number for the first page
 .At7  .At7
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 .Xr nroff 1  .Xr nroff 1
 output mode  output mode
Line 753  select pages by numbers
Line 761  select pages by numbers
 .At7  .At7
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 force use of non-localized manual pages  force use of non-localized manual pages
 .br  .br
Line 768  optimize index for speed and disk space
Line 776  optimize index for speed and disk space
 pass argument to postprocessor  pass argument to postprocessor
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .No groff-0.6 Pq Sep 14, 1990
 .Pp  .Pp
 use specified pager  use specified pager
 .br  .br
Line 785  preprocess with
Line 793  preprocess with
 .Xr pic 1  .Xr pic 1
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 use the given list of preprocessors  use the given list of preprocessors
 .br  .br
Line 862  postprocess with
Line 870  postprocess with
 .Xr refer 1  .Xr refer 1
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .g102  .No groff-1.02 Pq June 2, 1991
 .Pp  .Pp
 recode to the specified encoding  recode to the specified encoding
 .br  .br
Line 875  set number register
Line 883  set number register
 .At7  .At7
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .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 935  preprocess with
Line 943  preprocess with
 .Xr soelim 1  .Xr soelim 1
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 silent mode, do not echo commands  silent mode, do not echo commands
 .br  .br
Line 944  silent mode, do not echo commands
Line 952  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 956  restrict section
Line 967  restrict section
 .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  .br
 .Nm mandoc :  .Nm mandoc :
 .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014  .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014
 .br  
 .Nm makewhatis :  
 .man16  
 .Pp  .Pp
 do not look for stray cats  do not look for stray cats
 .br  .br
Line 1009  select terminal output format
Line 1017  select terminal output format
 .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014  .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .br  .br
 .Nm mandoc :  .Nm mandoc :
 .Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009  .Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009
Line 1048  preprocess with
Line 1056  preprocess with
 .Xr tbl 7  .Xr tbl 7
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 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 1069  unsafe mode
Line 1077  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 1090  remove files from
Line 1098  remove files from
 print the pipeline on stdout instead of executing it  print the pipeline on stdout instead of executing it
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .No groff-0.6 Pq Sep 2, 1990
 .Pp  .Pp
 print version information  print version information
 .br  .br
Line 1100  print version information
Line 1108  print version information
 print version number  print version number
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .Pp  .Pp
 verbose mode  verbose mode
 .br  .br
Line 1108  verbose mode
Line 1116  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 1127  produce output on the Versatec printer
Line 1135  produce output on the Versatec printer
 disable the named warning  disable the named warning
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .No groff-0.5 Pq August 14, 1990
 .Pp  .Pp
 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 1162  list pathnames
Line 1170  list pathnames
 enable the named warning  enable the named warning
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .No groff-0.5 Pq August 14, 1990
 .Pp  .Pp
 only create the  only create the
 .Xr whatis 1  .Xr whatis 1
Line 1172  database
Line 1180  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 1213  use the non-compacted version of the macros
Line 1221  use the non-compacted version of the macros
 do not run preprocessors  do not run preprocessors
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .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 ,
 print only error messages  print only error messages
 .br  .br
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .Bx44N1  .g04
 .It Fl 7  .It Fl 7
 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
 .Nm groff :  .Nm groff :
 .g102  .g04
 .br  .br
 .Nm man , manpath :  .Nm man , manpath :
 .Eaton ;  .Eaton ;
Line 1289  the Unix Archive of the Unix Heritage Society
Line 1297  the Unix Archive of the Unix Heritage Society
 .It  .It
 the CSRG Archive CD-ROMs  the CSRG Archive CD-ROMs
 .It  .It
 the FreeBSD SVN repository  the
   .Fx
   SVN repository
 .It  .It
 the OpenBSD CVS repository  the
   .Ox
   CVS repository
 .It  .It
 the NetBSD CVS repository  the
   .Nx
   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 4.3BSD-Net/2 groff CHANGES file (Oct 1990 to March 1991)
   .It
   the 4.3BSD-Net/2 groff ChangeLog file (July 1990 to March 1991)
   .It
   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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