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.. -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
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 Man pages
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.. contents::
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   :local:
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Man sections
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  1 Executable programs or shell commands.
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  2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel).
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  3 Library calls (functions within program libraries).
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  4 Special files (usually found in /dev).
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  5 File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd.
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  6 Games.
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  7 Miscellaneous (including macro  packages  and  conventions).
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  8 System administration commands (usually only for root).
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Invoking man
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Search for prog, func, conf file::
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  $ man [<section>] <item>
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Search by specific keywords::
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  $ man -k <keywords>
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Viewing inside Emacs::
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  M-x man RET [<section>] <item>
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  M-x man RET -k SPACE <keywords>
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Sections order
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  NAME                - brief prog description
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  SYNOPSIS (USAGE)    - command line options in BNF
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  DESCRIPTION         - long prog description
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  OPTIONS             - long option descriptions
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  ... misc sections ...
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  EXAMPLES
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  EXIT STATUS
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  ENVIRONMENT
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  AVAILABILITY        - whare search source, where home page
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  FILES               - list of files that has effect on program working
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  AUTHORS
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  COPYRIGHT
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  SEE ALSO
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  BUGS                - know issue, how report bug
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  HISTORY
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Man page showing
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TODO
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Bolt by print char, back one char and print same char.
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Underscore by printing undescore, back one char and print char.
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Development tools
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To preview local man page::
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  $ groff -man -Tascii foo.1            # 7-bit char
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  $ groff -man -Tlatin1 foo.1           # 8-bit char
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  $ groff -man -Tlatin1 foo.1 | less
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  $ groff -a -mandoc -Tlatin1 e.1
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  $ groff -man -Tutf8 foo.1
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  $ man ./foo.1                         # if slashes in path - use file
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  $ mkdir man1
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  $ cp foo.1 man1
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  $ man -M . 1 foo                      # without slashes search in MANPATH item
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                                        # and add /man1 to each item
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Output format
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Plain text::
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  $ man foo | col -b >.foo.txt
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PostScript::
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  $ groff -Tps foo >foo.ps
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DVI::
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  $ groff -Tdvi foo >foo.dvi
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