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 .\"     $Id$  .\"     $Id$
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 .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>  .\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"  .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any  .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above  .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
Line 36  utility searches databases generated by
Line 36  utility searches databases generated by
 for manuals containing the word  for manuals containing the word
 .Ar name  .Ar name
 in their page name, ignoring case.  in their page name, ignoring case.
 It returns the header lines from all matching pages.  
 You can then use the  
 .Xr man 1  
 command to get more information.  
 .Pp  .Pp
   By default,
   .Nm
   searches for
   .Xr mandocdb 8
   databases in the default paths stipulated by
   .Xr man 1 .
   If standard output is a TTY, a result may be selected from a list and
   its manual displayed with the pager.
   .Pp
 The options are as follows:  The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds  .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl C Ar file  .It Fl C Ar file
Line 72  See
Line 77  See
 for a listing of manual sections.  for a listing of manual sections.
 .El  .El
 .Pp  .Pp
 By default,  
 .Nm  
 searches for  
 .Xr mandocdb 8  
 databases in the default paths stipulated by  
 .Xr man 1 .  
 Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as  Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as
 .Pp  .Pp
 .D1 title(sec) \- description  .D1 title(sec) \- description
Line 94  If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is 
Line 93  If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is 
 .Pp  .Pp
 .D1 title(cat/arch) \- description  .D1 title(cat/arch) \- description
 .Pp  .Pp
 Resulting manuals may be accessed as  If on a TTY, results are prefixed with a numeric identifier.
 .Pp  .Pp
 .Dl $ man \-s sec title  .D1 [index] title(cat) \- description
 .Pp  .Pp
 If an architecture is specified in the output, use  One may choose a manual be entering the index at the prompt.
   Valid choices are displayed using
   .Ev MANPAGER ,
   or failing that ,
   .Ev PAGER
   or just
   .Xr more 1 .
   Source pages are formatted with
   .Xr mandoc 1 ;
   preformatted pages with
   .Xr cat 1 .
 .Pp  .Pp
 .Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch title  
 .Pp  
 .Nm  .Nm
 is identical to running  is identical to running
 .Xr apropos 1  .Xr apropos 1
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Line 117  as follows:
 .Dl $ apropos -- -i 'Nm~[[:<:]]term[[:>:]]'  .Dl $ apropos -- -i 'Nm~[[:<:]]term[[:>:]]'
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT  .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 .Bl -tag -width Ds  .Bl -tag -width Ds
   .It Ev MANPAGER
   Default pager for manuals.
   If this is unset, falls back to
   .Ev Pager .
   .It Ev PAGER
   The second choice for a manual pager.
   If this is unset, use
   .Xr more 1 .
 .It Ev MANPATH  .It Ev MANPATH
 Colon-separated paths modifying the default list of paths searched for  Colon-separated paths modifying the default list of paths searched for
 manual databases.  manual databases.
Line 130  If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the 
Line 145  If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the 
 .El  .El
 .Sh FILES  .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact  .Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact
 .It Pa mandoc.db  .It Pa whatis.db
 name of the  name of the
 .Xr mandocdb 8  .Xr mandocdb 8
 keyword database  keyword database
 .It Pa mandoc.index  .It Pa whatis.index
 name of the  name of the
 .Xr mandocdb 8  .Xr mandocdb 8
 filename database  filename database
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