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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48: or, if they are out of date or unavailable, act as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104: updates cached pages that are out of date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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