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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CATMAN 8 "4 February 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: catman \- create the cat files for the manual
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /etc/catman
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B \-p
        !             9: ] [
        !            10: .B \-n
        !            11: ] [
        !            12: .B \-w
        !            13: ]
        !            14: [ sections ]
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Catman
        !            17: creates the preformatted versions of the on-line manual from the nroff
        !            18: input files.
        !            19: Each manual page is examined and those whose preformatted versions are
        !            20: missing or out of date are recreated.
        !            21: If any changes are made,
        !            22: .I catman
        !            23: will recreate the
        !            24: .B /usr/lib/whatis
        !            25: database.
        !            26: .PP
        !            27: If there is one parameter not starting with a `\-',
        !            28: it is take to be a list of manual sections to look in.
        !            29: For example
        !            30: .IP
        !            31: .B catman 123
        !            32: .LP
        !            33: will cause the updating to only happen to manual sections
        !            34: 1, 2, and 3.
        !            35: .PP
        !            36: Options:
        !            37: .TP
        !            38: .B \-n
        !            39: prevents creations of
        !            40: .BR /usr/lib/whatis .
        !            41: .TP
        !            42: .B \-p
        !            43: prints what would be done instead of doing it.
        !            44: .TP
        !            45: .B \-w
        !            46: causes only the 
        !            47: .B /usr/lib/whatis
        !            48: database to be created.
        !            49: No manual reformatting is done.
        !            50: .SH FILES
        !            51: .ta 2i
        !            52: /usr/man/man?/*.*      raw (nroff input) manual sections
        !            53: .br
        !            54: /usr/man/cat?/*.*      preformatted manual pages
        !            55: .br
        !            56: /usr/lib/makewhatis    commands to make whatis database
        !            57: .DT
        !            58: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            59: man(1)
        !            60: .SH BUGS
        !            61: Acts oddly on nights with full moons.

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