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NNAAMMEE
       man - format and display the on-line manual pages

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       man  [-adfhktw]	[-m  system]  [-p  string]  [-M path] [-P
       pager] [-S list] [section] name ...

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       man formats and displays the on-line manual  pages.   This
       version	knows  about  the  MANPATH  and PAGER environment
       variables, so you can have your own set(s) of personal man
       pages  and choose whatever program you like to display the
       formatted pages.	If section is specified, man only  looks
       in  that	section of the manual.	You may also specify the
       order to search the sections for entries and which prepro-
       cessors	to  run	on  the  source  files	via command line
       options or environment variables.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       --MM  ppaatthh
	      Specify an alternate manpath.  By default, man uses
	      mmaannppaatthh  to  determine  the  path	to search.  This
	      option overrides the MMAANNPPAATTHH environment	variable.

       --PP  ppaaggeerr
	      Specify  which  pager to use.  By default, man uses
	      //uussrr//bbiinn//lleessss --ssCC,, This option overrides the  PPAAGGEERR
	      environment variable.

       --SS  lliisstt
	      List  is	a colon separated list of manual sections
	      to search.  This option overrides the MMAANNSSEECCTT envi-
	      ronment variable.

       --aa     By  default,  man	will  exit  after displaying the
	      first manual page	it  finds.   Using  this  option
	      forces  man  to  display	all the manual pages that
	      match nnaammee,, not just the first.

       --dd     Don't actually display the man pages, but do  print
	      gobs of debugging information.

       --ff     Equivalent to wwhhaattiiss..

       --hh     Print a one line help message and exit.

       --kk     Equivalent to aapprrooppooss..

       --mm  ssyysstteemm
	      Specify  an  alternate  set  of man pages to search
	      based on the system name given.

       --pp  ssttrriinngg
	      Specify the sequence of preprocessors to run before



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man(1)							man(1)


	      nroff  or troff.	Not all installations will have a
	      full set of preprocessors.  Some of the  preproces-
	      sors  and	the  letters used to designate them are:
	      eqn (e), grap (g), pic (p), tbl  (t),  vgrind  (v),
	      refer  (r).   This  option overrides the MMAANNRROOFFFFSSEEQQ
	      environment variable.

       --tt     Use //uussrr//bbiinn//ggrrooffff --TTaasscciiii --mmaannddoocc  to  format  the
	      manual  page,  passing  the  output to ssttddoouutt..  The
	      output from //uussrr//bbiinn//ggrrooffff --TTaasscciiii --mmaannddoocc may need
	      to  be passed through some filter or another before
	      being printed.

       --ww     Don't actually display the man pages, but do  print
	      the  location(s) of the files that would be format-
	      ted or displayed.

EENNVVIIRROONNMMEENNTT
       MMAANNPPAATTHH	If MMAANNPPAATTHH is set, its value is  used  as  the
		   path to search for manual pages.

       MMAANNRROOFFFFSSEEQQ  If  MMAANNRROOFFFFSSEEQQ  is  set,  its value is used to
		   determine the set of preprocessors run  before
		   running nroff or troff.  By default, pages are
		   passed through the table  preprocessor  before
		   nroff.

       MMAANNSSEECC	If  MMAANNSSEECC is set, its value is used to deter-
		   mine which manual sections to search.

       PPAAGGEERR	If PPAAGGEERR is set, its value is used as the name
		   of the program to use to display the man page.
		   By default, //uussrr//bbiinn//lleessss --ssCC is used.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       apropos(1), whatis(1), manpath(1), less(1), groff(1).

BBUUGGSS
       The --tt option  only  works  if  a  troff-like  program  is
       installed.

















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