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Diffstat (limited to 'apropos.1')
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@@ -42,13 +42,11 @@ By default, searches for .Xr mandocdb 8 databases in the default paths stipulated by -.Xr man 1 , -parses terms as case-sensitive regular expressions +.Xr man 1 +and +parses terms as case-sensitive words over manual names and descriptions. -Multiple terms imply pairwise -.Fl o . -If standard output is a TTY, a result may be selected from a list and -its manual displayed with the pager. +Multiple terms are OR'd. .Pp Its arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds @@ -81,41 +79,8 @@ for a listing of manual sections. .Pp An .Ar expression -consists of search terms joined by logical operators -.Fl a -.Pq and -and -.Fl o -.Pq or . -The -.Fl a -operator has precedence over -.Fl o -and both are evaluated left-to-right. -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It \&( Ar expr No \&) -True if the subexpression -.Ar expr -is true. -.It Ar expr1 Fl a Ar expr2 -True if both -.Ar expr1 -and -.Ar expr2 -are true (logical -.Qq and ) . -.It Ar expr1 Oo Fl o Oc Ar expr2 -True if -.Ar expr1 -and/or -.Ar expr2 -evaluate to true (logical -.Qq or ) . -.It Ar term -True if -.Ar term -is satisfied. -This has syntax +consists of type and keyword pairs. +This pair syntax .Li [key[,key]*(=~)]?val , where operand .Cm key @@ -129,22 +94,15 @@ See for a list of available keys. Operator .Li \&= -evaluates a substring, while +evaluates a full string, while .Li \&~ -evaluates a regular expression. -.It Fl i Ar term -If -.Ar term -is a regular expression, it -is evaluated case-insensitively. -Has no effect on substring terms. -.El +evaluates a +.Xr glob 7 +pattern. .Pp Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as -.Pp -.D1 title(sec) \- description -.Pp -Where +.Qq title(sec) \- description +where .Qq title is the manual's title (note multiple manual names may exist for one title), @@ -153,24 +111,7 @@ is the manual section, and .Qq description is the manual's short description. If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is displayed as -.Pp -.D1 title(cat/arch) \- description -.Pp -If on a TTY, results are prefixed with a numeric identifier. -.Pp -.D1 [index] title(cat) \- description -.Pp -One may choose a manual be entering the index at the prompt. -Valid choices are displayed using -.Ev MANPAGER , -or failing that , -.Ev PAGER -or just -.Xr more 1 . -Source pages are formatted with -.Xr mandoc 1 ; -preformatted pages with -.Xr cat 1 . +.Qq title(cat/arch) \- description . .Ss Macro Keys Queries evaluate over a subset of .Xr mdoc 7 @@ -248,14 +189,6 @@ Text production: .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Ev MANPAGER -Default pager for manuals. -If this is unset, falls back to -.Ev Pager . -.It Ev PAGER -The second choice for a manual pager. -If this is unset, use -.Xr more 1 . .It Ev MANPATH Colon-separated paths modifying the default list of paths searched for manual databases. @@ -294,31 +227,30 @@ configuration file .Sh EXAMPLES Search for .Qq mdoc -as a substring and regular expression -within each manual name and description: +as a word or +.Xr glob 7 +expression: .Pp .Dl $ apropos mdoc -.Dl $ apropos ~^mdoc$ +.Dl $ apropos any~mdoc* .Pp Include matches for .Qq roff and .Qq man -for the regular expression case: +using +.Xr glob 7 +expressions: .Pp -.Dl $ apropos ~^mdoc$ roff man -.Dl $ apropos ~^mdoc$ \-o roff \-o man +.Dl $ apropos ~*mdoc* ~*roff* .Pp Search for -.Qq optind -and .Qq optarg -as variable names in the library category: +as a variable name in the library category: .Pp -.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 Va~^optind \-a Va~^optarg$ +.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 Va=optarg .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr more 1 -.Xr re_format 7 , +.Xr glob 7 , .Xr mandocdb 8 .Sh AUTHORS The |