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NAME
man - ®nd manual information by keywords; print out a manual entry
SYNOPSIS
man [-M path] -k keyword...
man [-M path] -f ®le...
man [-] [-Mpath] [-Tmacro-package] [ section [ subsection ] ] entry_name...
DESCRIPTION
man accesses information from the HP-UX manual pages. It can be used to:
∙List all manual entries whose one-line description contains any of a speci®ed set of keywords.
∙Display or print one-line descriptions of entries speci®ed by name.
∙Search on-line manual directories by entry name and display or print the speci®ed entry or entries.
∙Search a speci®ed on-line manual section (directory) and display or print the speci®ed entry or entries in that section.
Searching for Entry Names by Keyword (®rst form)
The ®rst form above searches the one-line descriptions of individual entries for speci®ed keywords. Arguments are as follows:
-kkeyword -kfollowed by one or more keywords causes man to print the one-line description of each manual entry whose one-line description contains text matching one or more of the speci®ed keywords (similar to the behavior of grep(1)). Keywords are separated by blanks (space or tab).
Before this option can be used, ®le /usr/share/lib/whatis must exist. /usr/share/lib/whatis can be created by running catman(1M).
Obtaining One-Line Description of an Entry (second form)
The second form above ®nds and displays or prints the one-line descriptions of speci®ed individual entries. Arguments are as follows:
-ffile | -ffollowed by one or more ®le names causes man to print the one-line description of |
| each manual entry found whose name matches ®le. When specifying two or more |
| ®les, ®le arguments are separated by blanks (space or tab). If entry names matching |
| ®le exist in two or more sections, the one-line description of each matched ®le name is |
| output. |
| Before this option can be used, ®le /usr/share/lib/whatis must exist. |
| /usr/share/lib/whatis can be created by running catman(1M). |
Viewing Individual Manual Entries (third form)
The third form shown above is used for viewing one or more individual manual entries. man in this form recognizes the following arguments:
-(optional) When the - argument is present, man sends the formatted manual entry directly to standard output without processing it through the output ®lter speci®ed by the PAGER environment variable.
-Mpath Change the search path for manual pages. path is a colon-separated list of directories that contain manual page directory subtrees. When used with the -kor -foptions, the -Moption must appear ®rst.
-Tmacro-package
man uses macro-package rather than the standard -man macros de®ned in /usr/share/lib/tmac/tmac.an for formatting manual pages.
When specifying the -Toption to man , the full path must be given. For example:
man -T /usr/share/lib/tmac/tmac.s ls
section[subsection]
(optional) Search in the speci®ed section for the given entry_name. section speci®es a single section number or one of the words local, new, old, or public to search
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