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MAN(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual MAN(1)

NAME

    man - print sections of this manual

SYNOPSIS

    man [ option ... ] [ chapter ] title ...

DESCRIPTION

    _M_a_n locates and prints the section of this manual named
    _t_i_t_l_e in the specified _c_h_a_p_t_e_r.  (In this context, the word
    `page' is often used as a synonym for `section'.)  The _t_i_t_l_e
    is entered in lower case.  The _c_h_a_p_t_e_r number does not need
    a letter suffix.  If no _c_h_a_p_t_e_r is specified, the whole
    manual is searched for _t_i_t_l_e and all occurrences of it are
    printed.

    _O_p_t_i_o_n_s and their meanings are:

    -t   Phototypeset the section using _t_r_o_f_f(1).

    -n   Print the section on the standard output using
         _n_r_o_f_f(1).

    -k   Display the output on a Tektronix 4014 terminal using
         _t_r_o_f_f(1) and _t_c(1).

    -e   Appended or prefixed to any of the above causes the
         manual section to be preprocessed by _n_e_q_n or _e_q_n(1); -e
         alone means -te.

    -w   Print the path names of the manual sections, but do not
         print the sections themselves.

    (default)
         Copy an already formatted manual section to the termi-
         nal, or, if none is available, act as -n.  It may be
         necessary to use a filter to adapt the output to the
         particular terminal's characteristics.

    Further _o_p_t_i_o_n_s, e.g. to specify the kind of terminal you
    have, are passed on to _t_r_o_f_f(1) or _n_r_o_f_f.  _O_p_t_i_o_n_s and
    _c_h_a_p_t_e_r may be changed before each _t_i_t_l_e.

    For example:

         man man

    would reproduce this section, as well as any other sections
    named _m_a_n that may exist in other chapters of the manual,
    e.g. _m_a_n(7).

FILES

    /usr/man/man?/*
    /usr/man/cat?/*

SEE ALSO

    nroff(1), eqn(1), tc(1), man(7)

BUGS

    The manual is supposed to be reproducible either on a photo-
    typesetter or on a terminal.  However, on a terminal some
    information is necessarily lost.