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.Op Ar section
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.Ar name ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Man
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The
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.Nm
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utility
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formats and displays the on-line manual pages.
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This version knows
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about the
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environment variables, so you can have
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your own set(s) of personal man pages and choose whatever program you
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like to display the formatted pages.
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If section is specified,
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If
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.Ar section
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is specified,
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.Nm
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only looks in that section of the manual.
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You may also specify the
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run on the source files via command line options or environment
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variables.
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If enabled by the system administrator, formatted man
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pages will also be compressed with the `%compress%' command to save
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space.
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pages will also be compressed with the
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.Dq Li "%compress%"
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command to save space.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fl P Ar pager"
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.It Fl M Ar path
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Specify an alternate manpath.
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By default,
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By default,
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.Nm
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uses
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.Nm %pager% .
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.Dq Li "%pager%" .
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This option overrides the
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.Ev PAGER
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environment variable.
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.Sm on
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.El
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.Pp
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For example, for
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.Dq de_DE.ISO8859-1
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For example, for the
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.Dq Li de_DE.ISO8859-1
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locale,
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.Nm
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will search in the following subdirectories of the
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.Pa /usr/share/man
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directory.
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.It Fl p Ar string
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Specify the sequence of preprocessors to run before nroff or troff.
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Specify the sequence of preprocessors to run before
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.Xr nroff 1
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or
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.Xr troff 1 .
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Not all installations will have a full set of preprocessors.
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Some of the preprocessors and the letters used to designate them are:
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eqn (e), grap (g), pic (p), tbl (t), vgrind (v), refer (r).
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.Nm eqn Pq e ,
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.Nm grap Pq g ,
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.Nm pic Pq p ,
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.Nm tbl Pq t ,
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.Nm vgrind Pq v ,
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.Nm refer Pq r .
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This option overrides the
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.Ev MANROFFSEQ
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environment variable.
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If
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.Ev MANROFFSEQ
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is set, its value is used to determine the set of preprocessors run
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before running nroff or troff.
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before running
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.Xr nroff 1
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or
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.Xr troff 1 .
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By default, pages are passed through
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the table preprocessor before nroff.
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the table preprocessor
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.Pq Xr tbl 1
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before
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.Xr nroff 1 .
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.It Ev MANSECT
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If
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.Ev MANSECT
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is set, its value is used as the name of the program to use to display
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the man page.
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By default,
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.Nm %pager%
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.Dq Li "%pager%"
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is used.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Pp
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Normally, to look at the relevant manpage information for getopt,
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Normally, to look at the relevant manpage information for
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.Dq Li getopt ,
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one would use:
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.Pp
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.Dl man getopt
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.Dl "man getopt"
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.Pp
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However, when referring to a specific section of the manual,
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such as
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.Xr getopt 3 ,
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one would use:
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.Pp
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.Dl man 3 getopt
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.Dl "man 3 getopt"
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr apropos 1 ,
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.Xr groff 1 ,
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