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man(1): Add EXAMPLES section

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Add some examples showing the use of the flags: a, k, P, w

Reviewed by: gbe@, yuripv@
Approved by: manpages (gbe@)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D27545
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@ -357,6 +357,41 @@ Local configuration files.
.El .El
.Sh EXIT STATUS .Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std .Ex -std
.Sh EXAMPLES
Show the manual page for
.Xr stat 2 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ man 2 stat
.Ed
.Pp
Show all manual pages for
.Ql stat .
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ man -a stat
.Ed
.Pp
List manual pages which match the regular expression either in the title or in
the body:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ man -k '\e<copy\e>.*archive'
.Ed
.Pp
Show the manual page for
.Xr ls 1
and use
.Xr cat 1
as pager:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ man -P cat ls
.Ed
.Pp
Show the location of the
.Xr ls 1
manual page:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ man -w ls
.Ed
.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO .Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr apropos 1 , .Xr apropos 1 ,
.Xr intro 1 , .Xr intro 1 ,