![]() ![]() Many options are available to man in order to give as muchįlexibility as possible to the user. man -f smail Lookup the manual pages referenced by smail and print out the short ![]() man -k printf Search the short descriptions and manual page names for the keyword Program such as xdvi or further processed into PostScript using a Redirection is necessary as the -T flag causes output to beĭirected to stdout with no pager. foo.1x.gz into a device independent (dvi) file. foo.1x.dvi This command will decompress and format the nroff source manual page Should advise as to which processor is bound to the -t option. Theĭefault output for groff is usually PostScript. Groff format and pipe it to the printer named ps. man -t bash | lpr -Pps Format the manual page for bash into the default troff or It is possible to quit between successiveĭisplays or skip any of them. Note that the parentheses must normallyīe quoted to protect them from the shell.) man -a intro Display, in succession, all of the available intro manual pagesĬontained within the manual. It may be more convenient when copying and pastingĬross-references to manual pages. (This is another alternative spelling of " man 7 Man".) man ' man( 7)' Display the manual page for macro package man from sectionħ. (This is an alternative spelling of " man 7 7 Display the manual page for macro package man from sectionħ. EXAMPLES ¶ man ls Display the manual page for the item (program) ls. Several exclusive invocations as is shown in the SYNOPSIS section of In some cases it is advisable to illustrate The command or function illustration is a pattern that should Terminal, and will typically use underlined or coloured text instead. Instance, man will usually not be able to render italics when running in a Options delimited by | cannot be used together.Įntire expression within is repeatable.Įxact rendering may vary depending on the output device. The following conventions apply to the SYNOPSIS section andĬan be used as a guide in other sections.Īny or all arguments within are optional. System administration commands (usually only for root)Ī manual page consists of several sections.Ĭonventional section names include NAME, SYNOPSIS, Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions), e.g. Library calls (functions within program libraries)įile formats and conventions, e.g. System calls (functions provided by the kernel) The table below shows the section numbers of the manualįollowed by the types of pages they contain. In all of the available sections following a pre-defined order (seeĭEFAULTS), and to show only the first page found, even if A section, if provided, will direct man to look The manual page associated with each of these arguments is then foundĪnd displayed. Given to man is normally the name of a program, utility or function. Man - an interface to the system reference manuals SYNOPSIS ¶ ![]()
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