man(1)                                                     man(1)



NAME
     man - displays the named manual page entries

SYNOPSIS
     man [-c] [-d] [-Tterm] [-w] [[section] name]...

ARGUMENTS
     -c   Causes man to invoke col(1).  Note that col(1) is
          invoked automatically by man unless term is one of the
          standard terminal types:  300, 300s, 450, 37, 4000a,
          382, 4014, tek, 1620, or X.

     -d   Searches the current directory, rather than
          /usr/catman; requires the full filename (for example,
          cu.1c, rather than just cu).

     name Specifies the name of the manual page you wish to
          display.

     section
          Specifies the section number of the manual page you
          wish to display.  If section is not specified, the
          whole manual is searched for name and all occurrences
          of it are printed.

             Note:  If you specify a section number, only one
             section can be searched at a time.

          This argument may be changed before each name.

     -Tterm
          Prints the entry as appropriate for terminal type term.
          For a list of recognized values of term, type help
          term2 . The default value of term is 450.

     -w   Prints on the standard output only the pathnames of the
          entries, relative to /usr/catman, or to the current
          directory for -d option.

DESCRIPTION
     man locates and prints an entry in the A/UX Command
     Reference, the A/UX System Administrator's Reference, or the
     A/UX Programmer's Reference.  The name (name) of the entry
     is entered in lowercase.  The section number (section)
     number may not have a letter suffix.

     The man command examines the environment variables $TERM and
     $PAGER (see environ(5)) and attempts to select options that
     adapt the output to the terminal being used.  The $PAGER
     variable defaults to more if not set otherwise.  The user
     may select pg with the appropriate options.  The -Tterm
     option overrides the value of $TERM; in particular, one



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man(1)                                                     man(1)



     should use -Tlp when sending the output of man to a line
     printer.

EXAMPLES
     The command:

        man man

     would reproduce this entry on the terminal, as well as any
     other entries named man that may exist in other sections of
     the manual.

     The command:

        man sync

     searches through all sections to find the entry for sync.
     Since there is a sync(1) and a sync(2), both entries are
     provided.  If you are looking only for the sync system call
     (found in section 2), specify the section number as follows:

        man 2 sync


LIMITATIONS
     The man command prints manual entries that were formatted by
     nroff and are printed using the correct terminal filters as
     derived from the -Tterm and $TERM settings.

     Typesetting or other nonstandard printing of manual entries
     is not supported.

FILES
     /usr/bin/man
          Executable file
     /usr/catman/?_man/man[1-8]/*
          Preformatted manual entry files

SEE ALSO
     term(4) in A/UX Programmer's Reference















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