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        !            48: or, if they are out of date or unavailable, act as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

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