man(n)                  Manual pager utils                 man(n)




       man -


       man  [-c|-w|-tZT  device]  [-adhu7V] [-m system[,...]] [-L
       locale] [-p string] [-M path] [-P pager] [-r  prompt]  [-S
       list] [-e extension] [[section] page ...] ...
       man  -l  [-7]  [-tZT  device]  [-p  string] [-P pager] [-r
       prompt] file ...
       man -k [apropos options] regexp ...
       man -f [whatis options] page ...


       man man page  section man page page

        section

       tab (@); l l.  1@ 2@ () 3@ () 4@ ( /dev )  5@  /etc/passwd
       6@ 7@ man(n), groff(f) 8@ ( root ) 9@ []



           (NAME),    (SYNOPSIS),    (DESCRIPTION),    (OPTION),
       (FILES),  (SEE ALSO),  (BUGS),  (AUTHOR)



       tab (@); l l.   (bold)@  (italic)@  [-abc]@[  ]  -a|-b@  |
       argument ...@argument [expression] ...@ [ ]  expression

         (  )


       man ls
           () ls

       man -a intro
            intro

       man -t alias | lpr -Pps
           `alias'   ()  troff  groff  ps  groff   PostScript man
           --help -t

       man -l -Tdvi ./foo.1x.gz > ./foo.1x.dvi
             nroff  ./foo.1x.gz    (dvi)  -T  stdout  xdvi  dvips
           PostScript

       man -k printf
            printf apropos -r printf

       man -f smail
           smail whatis -r smail


       man

        man $MANOPT  () man $MANOPT $MANOPT -D man $MANOPT

       man_db index whatis ( 1 ) man whatis man

         (hierarchy) mandb index man  (glob) whatis apropos index
       whatis

        nroff .Z, .z, .gz  cat gzip /usr/share/man /usr/X11R6/man
       `global'  cat  cat  man File Hierarchy Standard (FHS)  cat
       manpath(h) FHS

        ( locale )  () $LC_MESSAGES $LANG POSIX 1003.1 :

       <language>[_<territory>[.<character-set>[,<version>]]]

        locale  ()

         ()




       man index mandb  ()

        `cat'  nroff  ( )  ( -P ) cat  nroff
        nroff

       cat  ( cat ) man  cat

        -p $MANROFFSEQ -p nroff  (preprocessor string)

       '\" <string>

        string -p



        (nroff -t [tg]roff) mandb_nfmt ( -t mandb_tfmt )  man -T


        $MANOPT

       -l, --local-file
              `local' nroff cat  `-' man

       -L locale, --locale=locale
              man  C setlocale(e) $LC_MESSAGES $LANG man locale

       -D, --default
               man $MANOPT -D

       -M path, --manpath=path
               manpath man manpath $MANPATH , -m

       -P pager, --pager=pager
               man exec /usr/bin/pager -s $PAGER -f -k

       -r prompt, --prompt=prompt
               less man less

                name(e) x

               name sec x $LESS -r $MAN_PN `('  `)'

              \ \ \$MAN_PN\ %lt?L/%L.\ ?lt:
              byte\ %bB?s/%s..?e\ ():?pB %pB\\%..

               less(s)  $  less man -ix8

       -7, --ascii
               ascii(i)  7  () GNU nroff latin1(1)  ascii  latin1
              ascii latin1

              tab (@); l c c c.  Description@Octal@latin1@ascii _
              continuation    hyphen@255@@-    bullet     (middle
              dot)@267@o@o  acute  accent@264@'@'  multiplication
              sign@327@x@x

              latin1 latin1 latin1 ascii man latin1 latin1

               -t, -T, -Z GNU nroff

       -S list, --sections=list
               list $MANSECT

       -a, --all
               man man

       -c, --catman
               catman

       -d, --debug


       -e sub-extension, --extension=sub-extension
              ( Tcl )  ( exit(t) ) Tcl l exit(t)  man  exit(t)
              exit(t) man sub-extension -e tcl man *tcl

       -f, --whatis
              whatis whatis(s)

       -h, --help


       -k, --apropos
              apropos  keyword apropos(s)

       -m system[,...], --systems=system[,...]
               NewOS -m NewOS system man $SYSTEM

       -p string, --preprocessor=string
              nroff  troff/groff  eqn (e), grap (g), pic (p), tbl
              (t), vgrind (v), refer (r) $MANROFFSEQ zsoelim

       -u, --update
              index mandb -a man i- -u

       -t, --troff
               /usr/bin/groff -mandoc -T -Z

       -T device, --troff-device [=device]
               groff ( troff) -t  (Groff-1.09 ) dvi, latin1, X75,
              X100

       -Z, --ditroff
              groff troff /usr/bin/groff -mandoc groff groff -t

       -w, --where, --location
                cat  nroff

       -V, --version



       0

       1

       2

       3

       16


       MANPATH
              $MANPATH

       MANROFFSEQ
              $MANROFFSEQ

       MANSECT
              $MANSECT  ()

       PAGER  $PAGER exec /usr/bin/pager -s

       SYSTEM $SYSTEM -m string  string $SYSTEM

       MANOPT $MANOPT man man $MANOPT

       LANG, LC_MESSAGES
               $LANG $LC_MESSAGES man () setlocale(e)


       /etc/manpath.config
              man_db

       /usr/share/man
              global

       /usr/share/man/index.(bt|db|dir|pag)
               global index

       /var/catman/index.(bt|db|dir|pag)
               (FSSTND ) global

       /var/cache/man/index.(bt|db|dir|pag)
               (FHS ) global index


       mandb(b),  manpath(h),  manpath(h), apropos(s), whatis(s),
       catman(n), less(s), nroff(f),  troff(f),  groff(f),  zsoe-
       lim(m), setlocale(e), man(n), ascii(i), latin1(1), FSSTND,
       FHS


       1990, 1991 -  John W. Eaton (jwe@che.utexas.edu)

       Dec 23 1992: Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)  Willem  Kasdorp
       (wkasdo@nikhefk.nikef.nl)

       30th  April  1994  -  23rd  February  2000:  Wilf. (G.Wil-
       ford@ee.surrey.ac.uk)

       30th October 1996 -  30th  March  2001:  Fabrizio  Polacco
       <fpolacco@debian.org>

       31st  March 2001 - 07 September 2001: Colin Watson <cjwat-
       son@debian.org>



2.3.20                  07 September 2001                  man(n)