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