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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                     45: or, if they are out of date or unavailable, act as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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