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| author | asmodai <asmodai@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-12-20 14:34:29 +0000 |
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| committer | asmodai <asmodai@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-12-20 14:34:29 +0000 |
| commit | 1b1cb51117f0cef45308792f94ae176f8e77a9cb (patch) | |
| tree | 3cae39f08adeb434ae359c862631e5e43be3c278 /gnu | |
| parent | 6d35bd2d53c6a7ddb80ecae5e0148a58c23b73e6 (diff) | |
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Update man(1) to explain how to use the section numbers.
PR: docs/15557
Submitted by: John Meshkoff <johnpipe@nwserv.com>
Reviewed by: sheldonh
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man | 11 |
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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man b/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man index c9dcf4e..6f36fff 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man @@ -157,6 +157,17 @@ the man page. By default, .Nm %pager% is used. .El +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Pp +Normally, to look at the relevant manpage information for getopt, +one would use: +.Dl man getopt +.Pp +However, when referred to a specific section of the manual, +such as +.Xr getopt 3 , +one would use: +.Dl man 3 getopt .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr apropos 1 , .Xr groff 1 , |
