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The options are as follows: |
The options are as follows: |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.It Fl a |
.It Fl a |
Display all of the manual pages for a specified |
Display all matching manual pages. |
.Ar section |
Normally, only the first page found is displayed. |
and |
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.Ar name |
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combination. |
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Normally, only the first manual page found is displayed. |
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.It Fl C Ar file |
.It Fl C Ar file |
Use the specified |
Use the specified |
.Ar file |
.Ar file |
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separated list of directories. |
separated list of directories. |
This search path may also be set using the environment variable |
This search path may also be set using the environment variable |
.Ev MANPATH . |
.Ev MANPATH . |
The subdirectories to be searched, and their search order, |
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.Dq _subdir |
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line in the |
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.Nm |
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configuration file. |
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.It Fl m Ar path |
.It Fl m Ar path |
Augment the list of standard directories which |
Augment the list of standard directories which |
.Nm |
.Nm |
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option or the |
option or the |
.Ev MANPATH |
.Ev MANPATH |
environment variable. |
environment variable. |
The subdirectories to be searched, and their search order, |
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are specified by the |
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.Dq _subdir |
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line in the |
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.Nm |
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configuration file. |
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.It Fl O Ar option Ns = Ns Ar value |
.It Fl O Ar option Ns = Ns Ar value |
Comma-separated output options. |
Comma-separated output options. |
For each output format, the available options are described in the |
For each output format, the available options are described in the |
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Line 205 architecture whilst using another. |
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This option overrides the |
This option overrides the |
.Ev MACHINE |
.Ev MACHINE |
environment variable. |
environment variable. |
.It Xo |
.It Oo Fl s Oc Ar section |
.Op Fl s |
Only select manuals from the specified |
.Ar section |
.Ar section . |
.Xc |
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Restricts the directories that |
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.Nm |
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will search to a specific section. |
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The currently available sections are: |
The currently available sections are: |
.Pp |
.Pp |
.Bl -tag -width "localXXX" -offset indent -compact |
.Bl -tag -width "localXXX" -offset indent -compact |
Line 237 General commands |
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Line 217 General commands |
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.It 2 |
.It 2 |
System calls and error numbers. |
System calls and error numbers. |
.It 3 |
.It 3 |
Libraries. |
Library functions. |
.It 3f |
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Fortran programmer's reference guide. |
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.It 3p |
.It 3p |
.Xr perl 1 |
.Xr perl 1 |
programmer's reference guide. |
programmer's reference guide. |
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.It 6 |
.It 6 |
Games. |
Games. |
.It 7 |
.It 7 |
Miscellaneous. |
Miscellaneous information. |
.It 8 |
.It 8 |
System maintenance and operation commands. |
System maintenance and operation commands. |
.It 9 |
.It 9 |
Kernel internals. |
Kernel internals. |
.It X11 |
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An alias for X11R6. |
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.It X11R6 |
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X Window System. |
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.It local |
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Pages located in |
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.Pa /usr/local . |
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.It n |
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Tcl/Tk commands. |
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.El |
.El |
.Pp |
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The |
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.Nm |
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configuration file, |
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.Xr man.conf 5 , |
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specifies the possible |
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.Ar section |
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values, and their search order. |
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Additional sections may be specified. |
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.It Fl T Ar output |
.It Fl T Ar output |
Select the output format. |
Select the output format. |
The default is |
The default is |
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Line 326 is used, the interactive |
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.Ic :t |
.Ic :t |
command can be used to go to the definitions of various terms, for |
command can be used to go to the definitions of various terms, for |
example command line options, command modifiers, internal commands, |
example command line options, command modifiers, internal commands, |
and environment variables. |
environment variables, function names, preprocessor macros, |
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.Xr errno 2 |
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values, and some other emphasized words. |
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Some terms may have defining text at more than one place. |
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In that case, the |
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.Xr less 1 |
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interactive commands |
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.Ic t |
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and |
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.Ic T |
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can be used to move to the next and to the previous place providing |
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information about the term last searched for with |
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.Ic :t . |
.It Ev MANPATH |
.It Ev MANPATH |
The standard search path used by |
The standard search path used by |
.Nm |
.Nm |
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The format of the path is a colon |
The format of the path is a colon |
.Pq Ql \&: |
.Pq Ql \&: |
separated list of directories. |
separated list of directories. |
The subdirectories to be searched, as well as their search order, |
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are specified by the |
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.Dq _subdir |
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line in the |
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.Nm |
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configuration file. |
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.It Ev PAGER |
.It Ev PAGER |
Specifies the pagination program to use when |
Specifies the pagination program to use when |
.Ev MANPAGER |
.Ev MANPAGER |