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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MAN 1
        !             2: .CT 1 inst_info
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: man \(mi print pages of this manual
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B man
        !             7: [
        !             8: .I option ...
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I chapter
        !            12: ]
        !            13: .I title ...
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: .I Man
        !            16: locates and prints pages of this manual named
        !            17: .I title
        !            18: in the specified
        !            19: .IR chapter .
        !            20: .I Title
        !            21: is given in lower case.
        !            22: The
        !            23: .I chapter
        !            24: number is a single digit, 1-9;
        !            25: pages marked (3S) or (9.1), for example,
        !            26: belong to chapters 3 and 9 respectively.
        !            27: If no
        !            28: .I chapter
        !            29: is specified, pages 
        !            30: in all chapters, including the unprinted appendix, are printed.
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: On some machines a cache of preformatted pages is available.
        !            33: If so, and if neither option
        !            34: .B -t
        !            35: or
        !            36: .B -n
        !            37: is present, option
        !            38: .BR -q ,
        !            39: for quick printing, is assumed.
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: The options are:
        !            42: .TP
        !            43: .B -q
        !            44: Copy cached pages to the standard output
        !            45: or, if they are out of date or unavailable, act as
        !            46: .BR -n .
        !            47: Any name from the 
        !            48: .SM NAME
        !            49: list at the top of the page will serve as a
        !            50: .I title
        !            51: in the cache.
        !            52: If the standard output is directed to a terminal,
        !            53: filter it through
        !            54: .IR ul (1).
        !            55: .TP
        !            56: .B -t
        !            57: Use
        !            58: .IR troff (1)
        !            59: to place on the standard output intermediate code to drive
        !            60: the typesetting devices of
        !            61: .IR lp (1),
        !            62: .IR apsend (1),
        !            63: or
        !            64: .IR proof (9.1).
        !            65: .TP
        !            66: .B -n
        !            67: Print the pages on the standard output using
        !            68: .I nroff.
        !            69: .TP 
        !            70: .B -f
        !            71: The
        !            72: .I titles
        !            73: are actual names of manual source files.
        !            74: Assume option
        !            75: .B -t
        !            76: unless 
        !            77: .B -n
        !            78: is present.
        !            79: .PP
        !            80: Under
        !            81: .B -t
        !            82: and
        !            83: .B -n
        !            84: further options, e.g. to specify the kind of terminal you have,
        !            85: are passed on to
        !            86: .I troff 
        !            87: or
        !            88: .IR nroff .
        !            89: .PP
        !            90: From time to time a daemon
        !            91: updates cached pages that are out of date
        !            92: and supplies links for subsidiary entries.
        !            93: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            94: .TP
        !            95: .B man man
        !            96: Reproduce this page and
        !            97: .IR man (6).
        !            98: .TP
        !            99: .B "man -t eqn eqnchar | lp
        !           100: Format the
        !           101: .I eqn
        !           102: and
        !           103: .I eqnchar
        !           104: pages and send them to the laser printer.
        !           105: .SH FILES
        !           106: .TF /usr/spool/man?/man.?
        !           107: .TP
        !           108: .F /usr/man/man?/*.?
        !           109: .I troff
        !           110: source for manual; this page is
        !           111: .F /usr/man/man1/man.1
        !           112: .TP
        !           113: .F /usr/spool/man/man?/*.?
        !           114: manual cache 
        !           115: .TP
        !           116: .F /usr/man/man0/cache
        !           117: cache daemon; invoked by
        !           118: .IR cron (8)
        !           119: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           120: .IR troff (1),
        !           121: .IR man (6),
        !           122: .IR apsend (1),
        !           123: .IR lp (1),
        !           124: .IR proof (9.1)
        !           125: .SH BUGS
        !           126: The manual was intended to be typeset; some detail is sacrificed on terminals.
        !           127: .br
        !           128: You can't ask for manual pages named 1 through 9.
        !           129: .br
        !           130: Pages not available in the cache can be located by their proper titles only.
        !           131: .br
        !           132: Cache entries by subsidiary names are always deemed up to date.

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