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.\" first seen in the initial import of man-db into CVS |
.\" code first seen in the initial import of man-db into CVS , |
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.\" which was more or less debian man-db-2.3.17 |
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.\" Colin Watson's first release was 2.3.18 on May 14, 2001 |
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.\" no clue about it found in ChangeLog-2013, |
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.\" so it was probably already present before man-db-2.2a4 |
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.Sh SYNOPSIS |
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.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 |
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Line 141 ASCII output mode |
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Line 151 ASCII output mode |
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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 |
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Line 173 alternate configuration file |
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.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 ; |
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.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 |
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Line 204 do not use a pager |
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.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 |
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.Xr grotty 1 |
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.br |
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.Nm groff : |
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.No groff-1.18.0 Pq Oct 4, 2001 |
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.Pp |
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reformat source page even if cat page exists |
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.br |
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.Nm man : |
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.man16 |
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.Pp |
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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 |
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Line 225 internal option for use by |
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.Nm man : |
.Nm man : |
.dbI |
.dbI |
.Pp |
.Pp |
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reformat source page even if cat page exists |
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.br |
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.Nm man : |
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.man15e |
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.Pp |
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disable terminal color output in |
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.Xr grotty 1 |
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.br |
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.Nm groff : |
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.No groff-1.18.0 Pq Oct 4, 2001 |
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.Pp |
recreate nroff versions from SGML sources |
recreate nroff versions from SGML sources |
.br |
.br |
.Nm catman : |
.Nm catman : |
Line 238 postprocess with |
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Line 249 postprocess with |
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.At3 , |
.At3 , |
.At5 |
.At5 |
.It Fl D |
.It Fl D |
print debugging info in addition to manual page |
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.br |
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.Nm man : |
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.man16 |
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.Pp |
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reset whatever was set with |
reset whatever was set with |
.Ev MANOPT |
.Ev MANOPT |
.br |
.br |
.Nm man : |
.Nm man : |
.dbI |
.dbI |
.Pp |
.Pp |
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print debugging info in addition to manual page |
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.br |
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.Nm man : |
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.man15e |
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.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 |
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Line 331 adjust text to left and right margins |
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.Nm nroff : |
.Nm nroff : |
.At7 |
.At7 |
.Pp |
.Pp |
restrict search by section extension |
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.br |
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.Nm man : |
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.dbI |
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.Pp |
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use exact matching |
use exact matching |
.br |
.br |
.Nm apropos , whatis : |
.Nm apropos , whatis : |
.dbI |
.dbI |
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.Pp |
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restrict search by section extension |
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.br |
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.Nm man : |
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.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 |
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Line 352 use alternate font directory |
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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 |
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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 |
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Line 439 read hyphenation patterns from the given file |
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.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 |
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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 |
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Line 582 pass argument to the spooler |
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.Nm groff : |
.Nm groff : |
.Bx44N1 |
.Bx44N1 |
.Pp |
.Pp |
print list of locales |
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.br |
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.Nm manpath : |
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.Fx Pq Nov 23, 1999 |
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.Pp |
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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 |
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print list of locales |
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.br |
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.Nm manpath : |
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.Fx Pq Nov 23, 1999 |
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.Pp |
use |
use |
.Xr locale 1 |
.Xr locale 1 |
specified in the environment |
specified in the environment |
Line 597 spool the output |
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Line 608 spool the output |
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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 |
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Line 643 override manual page search path |
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.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 |
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Line 890 set number register |
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.Nm groff : |
.Nm groff : |
.Bx44N1 |
.Bx44N1 |
.Pp |
.Pp |
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scan for and remove junk files |
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.br |
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.Nm catman : |
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.Fx Pq March 31, 1995 |
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.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 |
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.br |
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.Nm catman : |
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.Fx Pq March 31, 1995 |
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.Pp |
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turn off formatting |
turn off formatting |
.br |
.br |
.Nm apropos : |
.Nm apropos : |
Line 946 silent mode, do not echo commands |
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Line 957 silent mode, do not echo commands |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
restrict section |
restrict section |
.br |
.br |
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.Nm makewhatis : |
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.man15g |
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.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 |
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Line 967 restrict section |
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.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 , |
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.No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 , |
.No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 , |
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.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 ; |
.No illumos |
.No illumos |
.br |
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.Nm mandoc : |
.Nm mandoc : |
.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 |
.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 |
.br |
.br |
.Nm makewhatis : |
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.man16 |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
do not look for stray cats |
do not look for stray cats |
.br |
.br |
Line 1055 preprocess with |
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Line 1066 preprocess with |
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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 |
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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) |
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.br |
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.Nm man : |
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.dbI |
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.Pp |
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create user databases only |
create user databases only |
.br |
.br |
.Nm mandb : |
.Nm mandb : |
.dbI |
.dbI |
.Pp |
.Pp |
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update database cache (requires suid) |
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.br |
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.Nm man : |
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.No before man-db-2.2a10 Pq before Dec 6, 1994 |
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.Pp |
remove files from |
remove files from |
.Xr mandoc.db 5 |
.Xr mandoc.db 5 |
.br |
.br |
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.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 |
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Line 1145 disable the named warning |
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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 |
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.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 |
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.br |
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.Nm makewhatis : |
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.man16 |
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.Pp |
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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 |
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use manpath obtained from man --path |
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.br |
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.Nm makewhatis : |
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.man15g |
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.Pp |
update the |
update the |
.Xr whatis 1 |
.Xr whatis 1 |
database |
database |
Line 1218 do not run preprocessors |
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Line 1229 do not run preprocessors |
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.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 |
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Line 1241 print only error messages |
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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 |
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Line 1308 the OpenBSD CVS repository |
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.It |
.It |
the NetBSD CVS repository |
the NetBSD CVS repository |
.It |
.It |
the man-db CVS and git repositories |
the man-db CVS and git repositories (since April 2001) |
.It |
.It |
the final man-1.6 release tarball |
the man-db NEWS file (April 1995 to Dec 2016) |
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.It |
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the man-db ChangeLog-2013 file (Nov 1994 to Dec 2013) |
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.It |
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release tarballs man-1.5g (July 1998) to man-1.5p (Jan 2005), |
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man-1.6 (June 2005), and man-1.6a to man-1.6g (Dec 2010) |
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.It |
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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 |