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diff --git a/man.options.1 b/man.options.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..096384d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/man.options.1 @@ -0,0 +1,1307 @@ +.\" $Id$ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate$ +.Dt MAN.OPTIONS 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm man.options +.Nd assignment of option letters in manual page utilities +.\" +.\" Sources that occur repeatedly. +.\" Only use if the precise implementation time is unknown. +.\" +.de PWB +.No PWB/UNIX 1.0 Pq July 1, 1977 \\$1 +.. +.de At7 +.At v7 Pq January 1979 \\$1 +.. +.de At3 +.At III Pq June 1980 \\$1 +.. +.de Bx4 +.Bx 4 Pq November 16, 1980 \\$1 +.. +.de At5 +.At V Pq January 1983 \\$1 +.. +.de Bx43 +.Bx 4.3 Pq June 1986 \\$1 +.. +.de Bx44N1 +.Bx 4.3 Net/1 Pq March 3, 1989 \\$1 +.. +.de g102 +.No groff-1.02 Pq after March 1989, before June 1991 \\$1 +.. +.de Eaton +.No Eaton Pq before July 7, 1993; 1990/91? \\$1 +.. +.\" man-1.6 was released on June 24, 2005. +.de man16 +.No man-1.6 Pq not before 1993, not after 2005 \\$1 +.. +.\" first seen in the initial import of man-db into CVS +.de dbI +.No man-db Pq before Apr 26, 2001; 1994/95? \\$1 +.. +.\" +.\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +XXX +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This manual page lists option letters used in many different versions +of the +.Nm man , +.Nm apropos , +.Nm whatis , +.Nm mandoc , +.Nm makewhatis , +.Nm mandb , +.Nm makemandb , +.Nm catman , +and +.Nm manpath +utilities. +Option letters used by +.Nm groff , +.Nm nroff , +.Nm troff , +and +.Nm roff +are also included because beginning with +.At v7 , +many versions of +.Xr man 1 +pass on unrecognized options to these programs. +.Pp +For each option letter, information is first grouped into paragraphs, +each paragraph describing similar functionality and starting with +one line briefly summarizing that functionality. +.Pp +For each program using the letter for that functionality, one line +is provided, giving the name of the program, a colon, the system +where this letter first appeared for this functionality in this +program, optionally a comma and a list of other system versions +introducing the same, a semicolon, and a list of current systems +supporting it. +If a system appears before the semicolon, it is not repeated +afterwards. +.Pp +Entries are sorted by historical precedence, except that obsolete +options are moved to the end. +Dates are commit dates where known, and release dates otherwise. +.Bl -tag -width 3n +.It Fl a +display all matching manual pages +.br +.Nm man : +.Bx 4.3 Tahoe Pq June 1988 , +.Eaton ; +.Ox , Fx , Nx , No man-db , man-1.6 , illumos , Solaris 9-11 +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.Pp +only display items that match all keywords +.br +.Nm apropos : +.No man-db Pq Aug 29, 2007 +.Pp +use all directories and files for +.Xr mandoc.db 5 +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 +.Pp +.Bq superseded by Fl T Cm ascii +ASCII output mode +.br +.Nm troff : +.At7 +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.It Fl B +use specified browser +.br +.Nm man : +.man16 +.It Fl b +print a backtrace with each warning or error message +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +.Bq obsolete hardware +report whether the phototypesetter is busy +.br +.Nm troff : +.At7 +.It Fl C +alternate configuration file +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis : +.Bx 4.4 Lite1 Pq April 22, 1994 , +.man16 , +.No man-db Pq Feb 22, 2003 ; +.Ox , Nx +.br +.Nm man : +.Nx 1.0 Pq Oct 26, 1994 ; +.Ox , +.br +.Nm mandb , catman , manpath : +.No man-db Pq Feb 22, 2003 +.br +.Nm makemandb : +.Nx Pq Feb 7, 2012 +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 +.br +.Nm mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.Pp +.Bq obsolete +enable compatibility mode +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.It Fl c +do not use a pager +.br +.Nm man : +.Bx 4.3 Reno Pq June 1990 ; +.Ox , Nx +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.Pp +disable terminal color output in +.Xr grotty 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.18.0 Pq Oct 4, 2001 +.Pp +reformat source page even if cat page exists +.br +.Nm man : +.man16 +.Pp +process given catpath +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.man16 +.Pp +recreate databases from scratch +.br +.Nm mandb : +.dbI +.Pp +produce a catpath as opposed to a manpath +.br +.Nm manpath : +.dbI +.Pp +internal option for use by +.Xr catman 1 +.br +.Nm man : +.dbI +.Pp +recreate nroff versions from SGML sources +.br +.Nm catman : +.No Solaris 9-11 +.Pp +.Bq obsolete +postprocess with +.Xr col 1 +.br +.Nm man : +.At3 , +.At5 +.It Fl D +print debugging info in addition to manual page +.br +.Nm man : +.man16 +.Pp +reset whatever was set with +.Ev MANOPT +.br +.Nm man : +.dbI +.Pp +set default input encoding for +.Xr preconv 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.20 Pq August 20, 2008 +.Pp +display all files added to +.Xr mandoc.db 5 +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 +.It Fl d +define a user-defined string +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +print debugging information +.br +.Nm man : +.Eaton ; +.Fx , No man-db , man-1.6 , illumos , Solaris 9-11 +.br +.Nm manpath : +.Eaton ; +.Fx , No man-db +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis : +.dbI ; +.Fx +.br +.Nm mandb , catman : +.dbI +.Pp +remove and re-add a file to +.Xr mandoc.db 5 +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.Ox 2.7 Pq Feb 3, 2000 +.Pp +.Bq superseded by Fl l +interpret arguments as file names +.br +.Nm man : +.At3 , +.At5 +.It Fl E +inhibit all error messages +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +select output encoding +.br +.Nm man : +.No man-db Pq Dec 23, 2001 +.It Fl e +preprocess with +.Xr eqn 7 +.br +.Nm man : +.At7 +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +adjust text to left and right margins +.br +.Nm nroff : +.At7 +.Pp +restrict search by section extension +.br +.Nm man : +.dbI +.Pp +use exact matching +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis : +.dbI +.It Fl F +use alternate font directory +.br +.Nm troff : +.Bx 4.2 Pq September 1983 +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +preformat only, do not display +.br +.Nm man : +.man16 +.Pp +force searchings dirs, do not use index (default) +.br +.Nm man : +.No illumos , Solaris 9-11 +.It Fl f +.Xr whatis 1 +mode +.br +.Nm man : +.Bx4 , +.Eaton ; +.Ox , Fx , No man-db , man-1.6 +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis : +.No man-db Pq Dec 2, 2010 , +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.br +.Nm mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.Pp +set the default font family +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +force formatting even if cat page is newer +.br +.Nm catman : +.Fx Pq March 15, 1995 +.Pp +update only the entries for the given file +.br +.Nm mandb : +.No man-db Pq Feb 21, 2003 +.Pp +force rebuilding the database from scratch +.br +.Nm makemandb : +.Nx Pq Feb 7, 2012 +.Pp +locate manual page related to given file name +.br +.Nm man : +.No illumos , Solaris 9-11 +.Pp +.Bq obsolete hardware +do not feed out paper nor stop phototypesetter +.br +.Nm troff : +.At7 +.It Fl G +preprocess with +.Xr grap 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.16 Pq May 1, 2000 +.It Fl g +produce a global manpath +.br +.Nm manpath : +.dbI +.Pp +preprocess with +.Xr grn 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.16 Pq Feb 20, 2000 +.Pp +.Bq obsolete hardware +output to a GCOS phototypesetter +.br +.Nm troff : +.At7 +.Pp +.Bq obsolete hardware +output to a DASI 300 terminal in 12-pitch mode +.br +.Nm man : +.PWB +.It Fl H +read hyphenation patterns from the given file +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +use program to render HTML files as text +.br +.Nm man : +.man16 +.Pp +produce HTML output +.br +.Nm man : +.dbI +.It Fl h +print a help message and exit +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.br +.Nm man : +.Eaton ; +.Fx , No man-db , man-1.6 +.br +.Nm manpath : +.Eaton ; +.Fx , No man-db +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis , mandb , catman : +.dbI +.Pp +display the SYNOPSIS lines only +.br +.Nm man : +.Bx 4.3 Net/2 Pq August 20, 1991 ; +.Ox , Nx +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq Sep 3, 2014 +.Pp +turn on HTML formatting +.br +.Nm apropos : +.Nx Pq Apr 2, 2013 +.Pp +.Bq obsolete +replace spaces by tabs in the output +.br +.Nm roff , nroff : +.At7 +.It Fl I +input file search path for +.Xr soelim 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.12 Pq Sep 11, 1999 +.Pp +respect case when matching manual page names +.br +.Nm man , catman : +.No man-db Pq Apr 21, 2002 +.Pp +input options, in particular default operating system name +.br +.Nm mandoc : +.Ox 5.2 Pq May 24, 2012 +.br +.Nm man , apropos , whatis : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.It Fl i +read standard input after the input files are exhausted +.br +.Nm nroff , troff : +.At7 +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +ignore case when matching manual page names +.br +.Nm man , catman : +.No man-db Pq Apr 21, 2002 +.Pp +turn on terminal escape code formatting +.br +.Nm apropos : +.Nx Pq March 29, 2013 +.It Fl J +preprocess with +.Xr gideal 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.22.3 Pq June 17, 2014 +.It Fl j +preprocess with +.Xr chem 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.22 Pq Jan 22, 2011 +.It Fl K +source code full text search +.br +.Nm man : +.man16 ; +.No man-db Pq June 28, 2009 , +.No Solaris 11 +.Pp +input encoding +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.20 Pq Dec 31, 2005 +.br +.Nm man , apropos , whatis , mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq Oct 30, 2014 +.It Fl k +.Xr apropos 1 +mode +.br +.Nm man : +.Bx4 , +.Eaton ; +.No POSIX , Ox , Fx , Nx , No man-db , man-1.6 , illumos , Solaris 9-11 +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.Pp +ignore formatting errors +.br +.Nm catman : +.Nx Pq April 26, 1994 +.Pp +preprocess with +.Xr preconv 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.20 Pq Dec 31, 2005 +.Pp +.Bq obsolete hardware +display on a Tektronix 4014 terminal +.br +.Nm man : +.At7 +.It Fl L +pass argument to the spooler +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +print list of locales +.br +.Nm manpath : +.Fx Pq Nov 23, 1999 +.Pp +use alternate +.Xr locale 1 +.br +.Nm man , apropos , whatis : +.dbI +.Pp +use +.Xr locale 1 +specified in the environment +.br +.Nm catman : +.Fx Pq May 18, 2002 +.It Fl l +spool the output +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +interpret arguments as file names +.br +.Nm man : +.dbI , +.Ox 5.7 Pq Aug 30, 2014 +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq Aug 30, 2014 +.Pp +do not trim output to the terminal width +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis : +.No man-db Pq Aug 19, 2007 +.Pp +only parse NAME sections +.br +.Nm makemandb : +.Nx Pq Feb 7, 2012 +.Pp +legacy mode: search Nm,Nd, no context or formatting +.br +.Nm apropos : +.Nx Pq March 29, 2013 +.Pp +list all manual pages matching name within the search path +.br +.Nm man : +.No illumos , Solaris 9-11 +.It Fl M +override manual page search path +.br +.Nm man : +.Bx43 , +.Eaton ; +.Ox , Fx , Nx , No man-db , man-1.6 , illumos , Solaris 9-11 +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis : +.Bx43 , +.dbI ; +.Ox , No illumos +.br +.Nm catman : +.dbI ; +.Nx Pq July 27, 1993 , +.No Solaris 9-11 +.br +.Nm mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.Pp +prepend to macro file search path +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +do not show the context of the match +.br +.Nm apropos : +.Nx Pq May 22, 2016 +.It Fl m +specify input macro language +.br +.Nm nroff , troff : +.At7 +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.br +.Nm mandoc : +.Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009 +.Pp +augment manual page search path +.br +.Nm man , apropos , whatis : +.Bx 4.3 Reno Pq June 1990 ; +.Ox , Nx +.br +.Nm catman : +.Nx Pq Apr 4, 1999 +.br +.Nm mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.Pp +override operating system +.br +.Nm man : +.Eaton ; +.No man-db , man-1.6 +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis , manpath : +.dbI +.Pp +override architecture +.br +.Nm man : +.Fx Pq Jan 11, 2002 +.Pp +show the context of the match +.br +.Nm apropos : +.Nx Pq May 22, 2016 +.It Fl N +do not allow newlines between +.Xr eqn 7 +delimiters +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.It Fl n +specify a page number for the first page +.br +.Nm troff : +.At7 +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +.Xr nroff 1 +output mode +.br +.Nm man : +.At7 +.Pp +do not create the +.Xr whatis 1 +database +.br +.Nm catman : +.Nx Pq July 27, 1993 +.Pp +print commands instead of executing them +.br +.Nm catman : +.Fx Pq May 18, 2002 , +.No Solaris 9-11 +.Pp +limit the number of results +.br +.Nm apropos : +.Nx Pq Feb 7, 2012 +.Pp +dry run simulating +.Xr mandoc.db 5 +creation +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 +.It Fl O +output options +.br +.Nm mandoc : +.Ox 4.8 Pq Oct 27, 2009 +.br +.Nm man , apropos , whatis : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.It Fl o +select pages by numbers +.br +.Nm nroff , troff : +.At7 +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +force use of non-localized manual pages +.br +.Nm man : +.Fx Pq June 7, 1999 +.Pp +optimize index for speed and disk space +.br +.Nm makemandb : +.Nx Pq Feb 7, 2012 +.It Fl P +pass argument to postprocessor +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +use specified pager +.br +.Nm man : +.Eaton ; +.Fx , No man-db , man-1.6 +.Pp +turn on pager formatting +.br +.Nm apropos : +.Nx Pq Apr 2, 2013 +.It Fl p +preprocess with +.Xr pic 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +use the given list of preprocessors +.br +.Nm man : +.Eaton ; +.Fx , No man-db , man-1.6 +.Pp +dry run, display commands instead of executing them +.br +.Nm catman : +.Nx Pq July 27, 1993 , +.Fx Pq March 15, 1995 to May 18, 2002 , +.No Solaris 9-11 +.Pp +print warnings when building +.Xr mandoc.db 5 +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.Ox 2.7 Pq April 23, 2000 +.Pp +do not look for deleted manual pages +.br +.Nm mandb : +.No man-db Pq June 28, 2001 +.Pp +print the search path for manual pages +.br +.Nm man : +.Nx Pq June 14 , 2011 +.Pp +turn on pager formatting and pipe through pager +.br +.Nm apropos : +.Nx Pq Feb 7, 2012 +.Pp +.Bq obsolete hardware +set phototypesetter point size +.br +.Nm troff : +.At7 +.It Fl Q +print only fatal error messages +.br +.Nm makemandb : +.Nx Pq Aug 29, 2012 +.Pp +quick mode of +.Xr mandoc.db 5 +creation +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 +.It Fl q +invoke the simultaneous input-output mode of the .rd request +.br +.Nm nroff , troff : +.At7 +.Pp +issue no warnings +.br +.Nm manpath : +.Eaton ; +.Fx , No man-db +.br +.Nm mandb : +.dbI +.Pp +print only warnings and errors, no status updates +.br +.Nm makemandb : +.Nx Pq Aug 29, 2012 +.It Fl R +postprocess with +.Xr refer 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.g102 +.Pp +recode to the specified encoding +.br +.Nm man : +.No man-db Pq Dec 31, 2007 +.It Fl r +set number register +.br +.Nm nroff , troff : +.At7 +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +set +.Xr less 1 +prompt +.br +.Nm man : +.dbI +.Pp +use regular expression matching +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis : +.dbI +.Pp +scan for and remove junk files +.br +.Nm catman : +.Fx Pq March 31, 1995 +.Pp +turn off formatting +.br +.Nm apropos : +.Nx Pq Feb 10, 2013 +.Pp +check for formatting errors, do not display +.br +.Nm man : +.No illumos , Solaris 9-11 +.It Fl S +manual section search list +.br +.Nm man : +.Eaton ; +.Fx , No man-db , man-1.6 +.Pp +safer mode +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.10 Pq May 17, 1994 +.Pp +restrict architecture +.br +.Nm man : +.Ox 2.3 Pq March 9, 1998 , +.Nx Pq May 27, 2000 +.br +.Nm apropos : +.Ox 4.5 Pq Dec 24, 2008 , +.Nx Pq May 8, 2009 +.br +.Nm whatis : +.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 +.br +.Nm mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.It Fl s +preprocess with +.Xr soelim 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +silent mode, do not echo commands +.br +.Nm catman : +.Nx Pq April 26, 1994 +.Pp +restrict section +.br +.Nm man : +.Ox 2.3 Pq March 9, 1998 , +.Nx Pq June 12, 2000 ; +.No illumos , Solaris 9-11 +.br +.Nm apropos : +.No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 , +.Ox 4.5 Pq Dec 24, 2008 ; +.Nx Pq May 8, 2009 , +.No illumos +.br +.Nm whatis : +.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 , +.No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 , +.No illumos +.br +.Nm mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.man16 +.Pp +do not look for stray cats +.br +.Nm mandb : +.dbI +.Pp +.Bq SysV compat, recommends Fl S +manual section search list +.br +.Nm man : +.No man-db Pq Jan 1, 2008 +.Pp +.Bq superseded by Fl h +display the SYNOPSIS lines only +.br +.Nm man : +.PWB +.Pp +.Bq obsolete hardware +pause before each page for paper manipulation +.br +.Nm roff : +.At7 +.Pp +.Bq obsolete hardware +.Xr troff 1 +output mode, small format +.br +.Nm man : +.At3 , +.At5 +.It Fl T +select terminal output format +.br +.Nm nroff : +.At7 +.br +.Nm man : +.At3 , +.At5 , +.dbI , +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.br +.Nm mandoc : +.Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009 +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.Pp +use UTF-8 for +.Xr mandoc.db 5 +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 +.Pp +.Bq superseded by Fl m +use other macro package +.br +.Nm man , catman : +.No Solaris 9-11 +.It Fl t +.Xr troff 1 +output mode +.br +.Nm man : +.PWB , +.At7 , +.Bx 2 Pq May 10, 1979 , +.At3 , +.At5 , +.Eaton ; +.Fx , No man-db , man-1.6 , illumos , Solaris 9-11 +.br +.Nm catman : +.No Solaris 9-11 +.Pp +preprocess with +.Xr tbl 7 +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +check manual pages in the hierarchy +.br +.Nm mandb : +.dbI +.Pp +check files for problems related to +.Xr mandoc.db 5 +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.Ox 2.7 Pq April 23, 2000 +.It Fl U +unsafe mode +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.12 Pq Dec 13, 1999 +.It Fl u +update database +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.man16 +.Pp +update database cache (requires suid) +.br +.Nm man : +.dbI +.Pp +create user databases only +.br +.Nm mandb : +.dbI +.Pp +remove files from +.Xr mandoc.db 5 +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.Ox 3.4 Pq July 9, 2003 +.It Fl V +print the pipeline on stdout instead of executing it +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +print version information +.br +.Nm man , apropos , whatis , mandb , catman , manpath : +.dbI +.It Fl v +print version number +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +verbose mode +.br +.Nm catman : +.Fx Pq March 15, 1995 +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.man16 +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis : +.No man-db Pq Dec 29, 2002 +.Pp +print the name of every parsed file +.br +.Nm makemandb : +.Nx Pq Feb 7, 2012 +.Pp +.Bq obsolete hardware +produce output on the Versatec printer +.br +.Nm man : +.PWB +.It Fl W +disable the named warning +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +list pathnames without additional information +.br +.Nm man : +.man16 +.Pp +list pathnames of cat files +.br +.Nm man : +.No man-db Pq Aug 13, 2002 +.Pp +minimum message level to display +.br +.Nm mandoc : +.Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009 +.br +.Nm man , apropos , whatis : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.It Fl w +list pathnames +.br +.Nm man : +.At7 , +.At3 , +.At5 , +.Eaton ; +.Ox , Fx , Nx , No man-db , man-1.6 +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc : +.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 +.Pp +enable the named warning +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.Pp +only create the +.Xr whatis 1 +database +.br +.Nm catman : +.Nx Pq July 27, 1993 , +.No Solaris 9-11 +.Pp +use manpath obtained from man --path +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.man16 +.Pp +use wildcard matching +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis : +.dbI +.Pp +update the +.Xr whatis 1 +database +.br +.Nm man : +.No illumos +.Pp +.Bq obsolete hardware +wait until the phototypesetter is available +.br +.Nm troff : +.At7 +.It Fl X +display with +.Xr gxditview 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.06 Pq Sep 1, 1992 +.br +.Nm man : +.dbI +.It Fl y +use the non-compacted version of the macros +.br +.Nm man : +.At3 , +.At5 +.It Fl Z +do not run preprocessors +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.br +.Nm man : +.dbI +.It Fl z +suppress formatted output from +.Xr troff 1 , +print only error messages +.br +.Nm groff : +.Bx44N1 +.It Fl 7 +ASCII output mode +.br +.Nm man : +.dbI +.It Fl \&? +print a help message and exit +.br +.Nm groff : +.g102 +.br +.Nm man , manpath : +.Eaton ; +.Fx , No man-db +.br +.Nm apropos , whatis , mandb , catman : +.dbI +.El +.Pp +Multi-letter options: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl hp +.Bq obsolete hardware +output to a Hewlett Packard terminal +.br +.Nm man : +.PWB +.It Fl 12 +.Bq obsolete hardware +use 12-pitch for certain terminals +.br +.Nm man : +.At3 , +.At5 +.It Fl 450 +.Bq obsolete hardware +output to a DASI 450 terminal +.br +.Nm man : +.PWB +.El +.Pp +In +.At v3 , +.Xr man 1 +had no options. +.br +The syntax was: +.Sy man Ar name Op Ar section +.Pp +In +.At v4 , +.br +the syntax changed to: +.Sy man Oo Ar section Oc Op Ar name ... +.Sh AUTHORS +This information was assembled by +.An Ingo Schwarze Aq Mt schwarze@openbsd.org +using +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +the Unix Archive of the Unix Heritage Society +.It +the CSRG Archive CD-ROMs +.It +the FreeBSD SVN repository +.It +the OpenBSD CVS repository +.It +the NetBSD CVS repository +.It +the man-db CVS and git repositories +.It +the final man-1.6 release tarball +.It +the illumos manual pages on the WWW +.It +and Solaris 11, SunOS 5.10, and SunOS 5.9 machines at opencsw.org. +.El |