To open the manual page of all sections, type man -a <page>. And note that the argument doesn't have to be a package name. It can be a command, a file, a function name, ...

Sep 29, 2016 · I'm writing a man page for a program that I am packaging. How can I display the manpage file that I created, to check if it's all right? Is there a way to pass my file directly to the man …

Apr 15, 2018 · The second of the two commands are specifying (as your question asks) how to open a.8 file. Of course, you can get lots of other details about the man page commands and structure with …

Feb 11, 2013 · 10 Gman From the Ubuntu man page, Gman is a "GTK+ based front-end for man, a good replacement for xman." Gman provides an index of the man pages installed on your local …

Jun 30, 2011 · How can I 'cat' a man page like I would 'cat' a file to get just a dump of the contents?

Sep 3, 2018 · Also, the command above tends to "litter" my file system with files that I may not need to retain - and therefore requires another step to delete the cruft. Ideally, I could open the rendered man …

May 26, 2015 · See 'man 7 undocumented' for help when manual pages are not available. I have the manpage-dev package installed,so where is the programmers manpage (man 3) for open?

Oct 11, 2023 · Won't distinguish man pages that clash to the same name. This could happen if you sometimes view a man page using man -l <file> and your system has a same-named page in …

Aug 30, 2013 · It can open multiple man pages specified as command line arguments. Save the script somewhere and give it execute permissions (chmod +x script.sh). Run it as ~/script.sh (assuming …

Apr 27, 2021 · I'm trying to use the command /usr/bin/man -H 3 free to open the manpage in my browser, but each time I run the command, the browser opens a non-existing file and of course the …