MAN(1)							    BSD General Commands Manual 						    MAN(1)

NAME

     man -- display online manual documentation pages

SYNOPSIS

     man [-adho] [-t | -w] [-M manpath] [-P pager] [-S mansect] [-m arch[:machine]] [-p [eprtv]] [mansect] page ...
     man -f keyword ...
     man -k keyword ...

DESCRIPTION

     The man utility finds and displays online manual documentation pages.  If mansect is provided, man restricts the search to the specific sec-
     tion of the manual.

     The sections of the manual are:
	   1.	FreeBSD General Commands Manual
	   2.	FreeBSD System Calls Manual
	   3.	FreeBSD Library Functions Manual
	   4.	FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual
	   5.	FreeBSD File Formats Manual
	   6.	FreeBSD Games Manual
	   7.	FreeBSD Miscellaneous Information Manual
	   8.	FreeBSD System Manager's Manual
	   9.	FreeBSD Kernel Developer's Manual

     Options that man understands:

     -M manpath
	     Forces a specific colon separated manual path instead of the default search path.	See manpath(1).  Overrides the MANPATH environment
	     variable.

     -P pager
	     Use specified pager.  Defaults to ``less -sR'' if color support is enabled, or ``more -s''.  Overrides the MANPAGER environment vari-
	     able, which in turn overrides the PAGER environment variable.

     -S mansect
	     Restricts manual sections searched to the specified colon delimited list.	Defaults to ``1:8:2:3:n:4:5:6:7:9:l''.	Overrides the
	     MANSECT environment variable.

     -a      Display all manual pages instead of just the first found for each page argument.

     -d      Print extra debugging information.  Repeat for increased verbosity.  Does not display the manual page.

     -f      Emulate whatis(1).

     -h      Display short help message and exit.

     -k      Emulate apropos(1).

     -m arch[:machine]
	     Override the default architecture and machine settings allowing lookup of other platform specific manual pages.  See IMPLEMENTATION
	     NOTES for how this option changes the default behavior.  Overrides the MACHINE_ARCH and MACHINE environment variables.

     -o      Force use of non-localized manual pages.  See IMPLEMENTATION NOTES for how locale specific searches work.	Overrides the LC_ALL,
	     LC_CTYPE, and LANG environment variables.

     -p [eprtv]
	     Use the list of given preprocessors before running nroff(1) or troff(1).  Valid preprocessors arguments:

	     e	     eqn(1)
	     p	     pic(1)
	     r	     refer(1)
	     t	     tbl(1)
	     v	     vgrind(1)

	     Overrides the MANROFFSEQ environment variable.

     -t      Send manual page source through troff(1) allowing transformation of the manual pages to other formats.

     -w      Display the location of the manual page instead of the contents of the manual page.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES

   Locale Specific Searches
     The man utility supports manual pages in different locales.  The search behavior is dictated by the first of three environment variables with
     a nonempty string: LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, or LANG.  If set, man will search for locale specific manual pages using the following logic:

	   lang_country.charset
	   lang.charset
	   en.charset

     For example, if LC_ALL is set to ``ja_JP.eucJP'', man will search the following paths when considering section 1 manual pages in
     /usr/share/man:

	   /usr/share/man/ja_JP.eucJP/man1
	   /usr/share/man/ja.eucJP/man1
	   /usr/share/man/en.eucJP/man1
	   /usr/share/man/man1

   Platform Specific Searches
     The man utility supports platform specific manual pages.  The search behavior is dictated by the -m option or the MACHINE_ARCH and MACHINE
     environment variables.  For example, if MACHINE_ARCH is set to ``i386'' and MACHINE is set to ``pc98'', man will search the following paths
     when considering section 4 manual pages in /usr/share/man:

	   /usr/share/man/man4/pc98
	   /usr/share/man/man4/i386
	   /usr/share/man/man4

   Displaying Specific Manual Files
     The man utility also supports displaying a specific manual page if passed a path to the file as long as it contains a '/' character.

ENVIRONMENT

     The following environment variables affect the execution of man:

     LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LANG
		 Used to find locale specific manual pages.  Valid values can be found by running the locale(1) command.  See IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
		 for details.  Influenced by the -o option.

     MACHINE_ARCH, MACHINE
		 Used to find platform specific manual pages.  If unset, the output of ``sysctl hw.machine_arch'' and ``sysctl hw.machine'' is
		 used respectively.  See IMPLEMENTATION NOTES for details.  Corresponds to the -m option.

     MANPATH	 Used to find the location of the manual files.  See manpath(1) for additional information.  Corresponds to the -M option.

     MANROFFSEQ  Used to determine the preprocessors for the manual source before running nroff(1) or troff(1).  If unset, defaults to tbl(1).
		 Corresponds to the -p option.

     MANSECT	 Restricts manual sections searched to the specified colon delimited list.  Corresponds to the -S option.

     MANWIDTH	 If set to a numeric value, used as the width manpages should be displayed.  Otherwise, if set to a special value ``tty'', and
		 output is to a terminal, the pages may be displayed over the whole width of the screen.

     MANCOLOR	 If set, enables color support.

     MANPAGER	 Program used to display files.

		 If unset, and color support is enabled, ``less -sR'' is used.

		 If unset, and color support is disabled, then PAGER is used.  If that has no value either, ``more -s'' is used.

FILES

     /etc/man.conf
	     System configuration file.
     /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf
	     Local configuration files.

SEE ALSO

     apropos(1), intro(1), locale(1), manpath(1), nroff(1), troff(1), whatis(1), intro(2), intro(3), intro(4), intro(5), man.conf(5), intro(6),
     intro(7), intro(8), intro(9)

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								September 26, 2014							       BSD