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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-1.5e 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 136  ASCII output mode
Line 146  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 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 182  alternate configuration file
Line 193  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 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 264  display all files added to
Line 275  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 299  interpret arguments as file names
Line 310  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 313  preprocess with
Line 324  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 336  use alternate font directory
Line 347  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 366  mode
Line 377  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 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 426  output to a DASI 300 terminal in 12-pitch mode
Line 437  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 499  read standard input after the input files are exhauste
Line 510  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 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 569  display on a Tektronix 4014 terminal
Line 580  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 592  specified in the environment
Line 603  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 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 646  override manual page search path
Line 657  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 659  specify input macro language
Line 670  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 700  do not allow newlines between
Line 711  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 708  specify a page number for the first page
Line 719  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 755  select pages by numbers
Line 766  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 770  optimize index for speed and disk space
Line 781  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 787  preprocess with
Line 798  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 864  postprocess with
Line 875  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 877  set number register
Line 888  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 937  preprocess with
Line 948  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 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  .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 1011  select terminal output format
Line 1022  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 1050  preprocess with
Line 1061  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 1071  unsafe mode
Line 1082  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 1092  remove files from
Line 1103  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 1102  print version information
Line 1113  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 1110  verbose mode
Line 1121  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 1129  produce output on the Versatec printer
Line 1140  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 1164  list pathnames
Line 1175  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 1174  database
Line 1185  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 1215  use the non-compacted version of the macros
Line 1226  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 1297  the OpenBSD CVS repository
Line 1308  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 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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