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