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 .\"     $Id$  .\"     $Id$
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 .\"     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.  .\"     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 .\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2007, 2008, 2014 Jason McIntyre <jmc@openbsd.org>  .\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2007, 2008, 2014 Jason McIntyre <jmc@openbsd.org>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>  .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2014-2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
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 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions  .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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 .Nd display manual pages  .Nd display manual pages
 .Sh SYNOPSIS  .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm man  .Nm man
 .Op Fl acfhkw  .Op Fl acfhklw
 .Op Fl C Ar file  .Op Fl C Ar file
   .Op Fl I Cm os Ns = Ns Ar name
   .Op Fl K Ar encoding
 .Op Fl M Ar path  .Op Fl M Ar path
 .Op Fl m Ar path  .Op Fl m Ar path
   .Op Fl O Ar option Ns = Ns Ar value
 .Op Fl S Ar subsection  .Op Fl S Ar subsection
 .Op Fl s Ar section  .Op Fl s Ar section
   .Op Fl T Ar output
   .Op Fl W Ar level
 .Op Ar section  .Op Ar section
 .Ar name ...  .Ar name ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
Line 65  machine architecture
Line 69  machine architecture
 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  
 .Ar name  
 combination.  
 Normally, only the first manual page found is displayed.  
 .It Fl C Ar file  .It Fl C Ar file
 Use the specified  Use the specified
 .Ar file  .Ar file
Line 91  It searches for
Line 91  It searches for
 .Ar name  .Ar name
 in manual page names and displays the header lines from all matching pages.  in manual page names and displays the header lines from all matching pages.
 The search is case insensitive and matches whole words only.  The search is case insensitive and matches whole words only.
   This overrides any earlier
   .Fl k
   and
   .Fl l
   options.
 .It Fl h  .It Fl h
 Display only the  Display only the SYNOPSIS lines of the requested manual pages.
 .Dq SYNOPSIS  Implies
 lines of the requested manual pages.  .Fl a
   and
   .Fl c .
   .It Fl I Cm os Ns = Ns Ar name
   Override the default operating system
   .Ar name
   for the
   .Xr mdoc 7
   .Ic \&Os
   and for the
   .Xr man 7
   .Ic \&TH
   macro.
   .It Fl K Ar encoding
   Specify the input encoding.
   The supported
   .Ar encoding
   arguments are
   .Cm us-ascii ,
   .Cm iso-8859-1 ,
   and
   .Cm utf-8 .
   By default, the encoding is automatically detected as described in the
   .Xr mandoc 1
   manual.
 .It Fl k  .It Fl k
 A synonym for  A synonym for
 .Xr apropos 1 .  .Xr apropos 1 .
Line 104  an expression can be provided using the syntax describ
Line 133  an expression can be provided using the syntax describ
 .Xr apropos 1  .Xr apropos 1
 manual.  manual.
 By default, it displays the header lines of all matching pages.  By default, it displays the header lines of all matching pages.
   This overrides any earlier
   .Fl f
   and
   .Fl l
   options.
   .It Fl l
   A synonym for
   .Xr mandoc 1
   .Fl a .
   The
   .Ar name
   arguments are interpreted as filenames.
   No search is done and
   .Ar file ,
   .Ar path ,
   .Ar section ,
   and
   .Ar subsection
   are ignored.
   This overrides any earlier
   .Fl f ,
   .Fl k ,
   and
   .Fl w
   options.
 .It Fl M Ar path  .It Fl M Ar path
 Override the list of standard directories which  Override the list of standard directories which
 .Nm  .Nm
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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,  
 are specified by the  
 .Dq _subdir  
 line in the  
 .Nm  
 configuration file.  
 .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
Line 136  the directories specified using the
Line 184  the directories specified using the
 option or the  option or the
 .Ev MANPATH  .Ev MANPATH
 environment variable.  environment variable.
 The subdirectories to be searched, and their search order,  .It Fl O Ar option Ns = Ns Ar value
 are specified by the  Comma-separated output options.
 .Dq _subdir  For each output format, the available options are described in the
 line in the  .Xr mandoc 1
 .Nm  manual.
 configuration file.  
 .It Fl S Ar subsection  .It Fl S Ar subsection
 Restricts the directories that  Restricts the directories that
 .Nm  .Nm
Line 158  architecture whilst using another.
Line 205  architecture whilst using another.
 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  
 Restricts the directories that  
 .Nm  
 will search to a specific section.  
 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 174  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  
 Fortran programmer's reference guide.  
 .It 3p  .It 3p
 .Xr perl 1  .Xr perl 1
 programmer's reference guide.  programmer's reference guide.
Line 187  File formats.
Line 228  File formats.
 .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  
 An alias for X11R6.  
 .It X11R6  
 X Window System.  
 .It local  
 Pages located in  
 .Pa /usr/local .  
 .It n  
 Tcl/Tk commands.  
 .El  .El
 .Pp  .Pp
   If not specified and a match is found in more than one section,
   the first match is selected from the following list:
   1, 8, 6, 2, 3, 5, 7, 4, 9, 3p.
   .It Fl T Ar output
   Select the output format.
   The default is
   .Cm locale .
   The other output modes
   .Cm ascii ,
   .Cm html ,
   .Cm lint ,
   .Cm man ,
   .Cm pdf ,
   .Cm ps ,
   .Cm tree ,
   and
   .Cm utf8
   are described in the
   .Xr mandoc 1
   manual.
   .It Fl W Ar level
   Specify the minimum message
   .Ar level
   to be reported on the standard error output and to affect the exit status.
 The  The
   .Ar level
   can be
   .Cm warning ,
   .Cm error ,
   or
   .Cm unsupp ;
   .Cm all
   is an alias for
   .Cm warning .
   By default,
 .Nm  .Nm
 configuration file,  is silent.
 .Xr man.conf 5 ,  See the
 specifies the possible  .Xr mandoc 1
 .Ar section  manual for details.
 values, and their search order.  
 Additional sections may be specified.  
 .It Fl w  .It Fl w
 List the pathnames of the manual pages which  List the pathnames of the manual pages which
 .Nm  .Nm
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 combination.  combination.
 .El  .El
 .Pp  .Pp
 The  
 .Nm  
 utility also supports the options  
 .Fl IOTW  
 described in the  
 .Xr mandoc 1  
 manual.  
 .Pp  
 Guidelines for writing  Guidelines for writing
 man pages can be found in  man pages can be found in
 .Xr mdoc 7 .  .Xr mdoc 7 .
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 .Ev MANPAGER  .Ev MANPAGER
 will be used instead of the standard pagination program,  will be used instead of the standard pagination program,
 .Xr more 1 .  .Xr more 1 .
   If
   .Xr less 1
   is used, the interactive
   .Ic :t
   command can be used to go to the definitions of various terms, for
   example command line options, command modifiers, internal commands,
   environment variables, function names, preprocessor macros,
   .Xr errno 2
   values, and some other emphasized words.
   Some terms may have defining text at more than one place.
   In that case, the
   .Xr less 1
   interactive commands
   .Ic t
   and
   .Ic T
   can be used to move to the next and to the previous place providing
   information about the term last searched for with
   .Ic :t .
 .It Ev MANPATH  .It Ev MANPATH
 The standard search path used by  The standard search path used by
 .Nm  .Nm
Line 278  variable.
Line 353  variable.
 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,  
 are specified by the  
 .Dq _subdir  
 line in the  
 .Nm  
 configuration file.  
 .It Ev PAGER  .It Ev PAGER
 Specifies the pagination program to use when  Specifies the pagination program to use when
 .Ev MANPAGER  .Ev MANPAGER
 is not defined.  is not defined.
 If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined,  If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined,
 .Pa /usr/bin/more Fl s  .Xr more 1
   .Fl s
 will be used.  will be used.
 .El  .El
 .Sh FILES  .Sh FILES
Line 322  utility is compliant with the
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 specification.  specification.
 .Pp  .Pp
 The flags  The flags
 .Op Fl aCcfhMmSsw ,  .Op Fl aCcfhIKlMmOSsTWw ,
 as well as the environment variables  as well as the environment variables
 .Ev MACHINE ,  .Ev MACHINE ,
 .Ev MANPAGER ,  .Ev MANPAGER ,
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 .Fl C  .Fl C
 in  in
 .Nx 1.0 ;  .Nx 1.0 ;
 and  
 .Fl s  .Fl s
 and  and
 .Fl S  .Fl S
 in  in
 .Ox 2.3 .  .Ox 2.3 ;
   and
   .Fl I ,
   .Fl K ,
   .Fl l ,
   .Fl O ,
   and
   .Fl W
   in
   .Ox 5.7 .
   The
   .Fl T
   option first appeared in
   .At III
   and was also added in
   .Ox 5.7 .

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