MAN(1) MAN(1)
NAME
man - print pages of this manual
SYNOPSIS
man [ option ... ] [ chapter ] title ...
man -k pattern
DESCRIPTION
Man locates and prints pages of this manual named title in
the specified chapter. Title is given in lower case. The
chapter number is a single digit, 1-9; pages marked (3S) or
(9.1), for example, belong to chapters 3 and 9 respectively.
If no chapter is specified, pages in all chapters, including
the unprinted appendix, are printed.
On some machines a cache of preformatted pages is available.
If so, and if neither option -t or -n is present, option -q,
for quick printing, is assumed.
The options are:
-q Copy cached pages to the standard output or, if they
are out of date or unavailable, act as -n. Any name
from the NAME list at the top of the page will serve as
a title in the cache. If the standard output is
directed to a terminal, filter it through ul(1).
-t Use troff(1) to place on the standard output intermedi-
ate code to drive the typesetting devices of lp(1),
apsend(1), or proof(9.1).
-n Print the pages on the standard output using nroff.
-f The titles are actual names of manual source files.
Assume option -t unless -n is present.
-k Report the NAME lines of all manual pages that matches
the pattern. The pattern is as in egrep; see gre(1).
Under -t and -n further options, e.g. to specify the kind of
terminal you have, are passed on to troff or nroff.
From time to time a daemon updates cached pages that are out
of date and supplies links for subsidiary entries.
EXAMPLES
man man
Reproduce this page and man(6).
MAN(1) MAN(1)
man -t eqn eqnchar | lp
Format the eqn and eqnchar pages and send them to the
laser printer.
man -k 'copy.*file|file.*copy'
Look for file-copying utilities.
FILES
troff source for manual; this page is
manual cache
cache daemon; invoked by
cron(8)
SEE ALSO
troff(1), man(6), apsend(1), lp(1), proof(9.1)
BUGS
The manual was intended to be typeset; some detail is sacri-
ficed on terminals.
You can't ask for manual pages named 1 through 9.
Pages not available in the cache can be located by their
proper titles only.
Cache entries by subsidiary names are always deemed up to
date.