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diff --git a/contrib/mdocml/apropos.1 b/contrib/mdocml/apropos.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1468242 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/mdocml/apropos.1 @@ -0,0 +1,387 @@ +.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.29 2014/04/24 00:28:19 schwarze Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> +.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2014 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: April 24 2014 $ +.Dt APROPOS 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm apropos , +.Nm whatis +.Nd search manual page databases +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl C Ar file +.Op Fl M Ar path +.Op Fl m Ar path +.Op Fl O Ar outkey +.Op Fl S Ar arch +.Op Fl s Ar section +.Ar expression ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm apropos +and +.Nm whatis +utilities query manual page databases generated by +.Xr makewhatis 8 , +evaluating +.Ar expression +for each file in each database. +By default, it displays the names, section numbers, and description lines +of all matching manuals. +.Pp +By default, +.Nm +searches for +.Xr makewhatis 8 +databases in the default paths stipulated by +.Xr man 1 +and uses case-insensitive substring matching +.Pq the Cm = No operator +over manual names and descriptions +.Pq the Li \&Nm No and Li \&Nd No macro keys . +Multiple terms imply pairwise +.Fl o . +.Nm whatis +maps terms only to case-sensitive manual names. +.Pp +Its arguments are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl C Ar file +Specify an alternative configuration +.Ar file +in +.Xr man.conf 5 +format. +.It Fl M Ar path +Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths +searched for +.Xr makewhatis 8 +databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +.It Fl m Ar path +Prepend the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched +for +.Xr makewhatis 8 +databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +.It Fl O Ar outkey +Show the values associated with the key +.Ar outkey +instead of the manual descriptions. +.It Fl S Ar arch +Restrict the search to pages for the specified +.Xr machine 1 +architecture. +.Ar arch +is case insensitive. +By default, pages for all architectures are shown. +.It Fl s Ar section +Restrict the search to the specified section of the manual. +By default, pages from all sections are shown. +See +.Xr man 1 +for a listing of sections. +.El +.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 +.Sq and ) . +.It Ar expr1 Oo Fl o Oc Ar expr2 +True if +.Ar expr1 +and/or +.Ar expr2 +evaluate to true (logical +.Sq or ) . +.It Ar term +True if +.Ar term +is satisfied. +This has syntax +.Sm off +.Oo +.Op Ar key Op , Ar key ... +.Pq Cm = | ~ +.Oc +.Ar val , +.Sm on +where +.Ar key +is an +.Xr mdoc 7 +macro to query and +.Ar val +is its value. +See +.Sx Macro Keys +for a list of available keys. +Operator +.Cm = +evaluates a substring, while +.Cm ~ +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 +.Pp +.Nm whatis +considers an +.Ar expression +to consist of an opaque keyword. +.Pp +Results are sorted by manual sections and names, with output formatted as +.Pp +.D1 name[, name...](sec) \- description +.Pp +Where +.Dq name +is the manual's name, +.Dq sec +is the manual section, and +.Dq description +is the manual's short description. +If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is displayed as +.Pp +.D1 name(sec/arch) \- description +.Pp +Resulting manuals may be accessed as +.Pp +.Dl $ man \-s sec name +.Pp +If an architecture is specified in the output, use +.Pp +.Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch name +.Ss Macro Keys +Queries evaluate over a subset of +.Xr mdoc 7 +macros indexed by +.Xr makewhatis 8 . +In addition to the macro keys listed below, the special key +.Cm any +may be used to match any available macro key. +.Pp +Names and description: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Nm Ta manual name +.It Li \&Nd Ta one-line manual description +.It Li arch Ta machine architecture (case-insensitive) +.It Li sec Ta manual section number +.El +.Pp +Sections and cross references: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Sh Ta section header (excluding standard sections) +.It Li \&Ss Ta subsection header +.It Li \&Xr Ta cross reference to another manual page +.It Li \&Rs Ta bibliographic reference +.El +.Pp +Semantic markup for command line utilities: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Fl Ta command line options (flags) +.It Li \&Cm Ta command modifier +.It Li \&Ar Ta command argument +.It Li \&Ic Ta internal or interactive command +.It Li \&Ev Ta environmental variable +.It Li \&Pa Ta file system path +.El +.Pp +Semantic markup for function libraries: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Lb Ta function library name +.It Li \&In Ta include file +.It Li \&Ft Ta function return type +.It Li \&Fn Ta function name +.It Li \&Fa Ta function argument type and name +.It Li \&Vt Ta variable type +.It Li \&Va Ta variable name +.It Li \&Dv Ta defined variable or preprocessor constant +.It Li \&Er Ta error constant +.It Li \&Ev Ta environmental variable +.El +.Pp +Various semantic markup: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&An Ta author name +.It Li \&Lk Ta hyperlink +.It Li \&Mt Ta Do mailto Dc hyperlink +.It Li \&Cd Ta kernel configuration declaration +.It Li \&Ms Ta mathematical symbol +.It Li \&Tn Ta tradename +.El +.Pp +Physical markup: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Em Ta italic font or underline +.It Li \&Sy Ta boldface font +.It Li \&Li Ta typewriter font +.El +.Pp +Text production: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&St Ta reference to a standards document +.It Li \&At Ta At No version reference +.It Li \&Bx Ta Bx No version reference +.It Li \&Bsx Ta Bsx No version reference +.It Li \&Nx Ta Nx No version reference +.It Li \&Fx Ta Fx No version reference +.It Li \&Ox Ta Ox No version reference +.It Li \&Dx Ta Dx No version reference +.El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width MANPATH +.It Ev MANPATH +The standard search path used by +.Xr man 1 +may be changed by specifying a path in the +.Ev MANPATH +environment variable. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +Overridden by +.Fl M . +If +.Ev MANPATH +begins with a colon, it is appended to the default list; +if it ends with a colon, it is prepended to the default list; +or if it contains two adjacent colons, +the standard search path is inserted between the colons. +If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the +standard search path. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact +.It Pa mandoc.db +name of the +.Xr makewhatis 8 +keyword database +.It Pa /etc/man.conf +default +.Xr man 1 +configuration file +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std +.Sh EXAMPLES +Search for +.Qq .cf +as a substring of manual names and descriptions: +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos .cf +.Pp +Include matches for +.Qq .cnf +and +.Qq .conf +as well: +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos .cf .cnf .conf +.Pp +Search in names and descriptions using a regular expression: +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos '~set.?[ug]id' +.Pp +Search for manuals in the library section mentioning both the +.Qq optind +and the +.Qq optarg +variables: +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 Va=optind \-a Va=optarg +.Pp +Do exactly the same as calling +.Xr whatis 1 +with the argument +.Qq ssh : +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos \-\- \-i 'Nm~[[:<:]]ssh[[:>:]]' +.Pp +The following two invocations are equivalent: +.Pp +.D1 Li $ apropos -S Ar arch Li -s Ar section expression +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Li $ apropos \e( Ar expression Li \e) +.Li -a arch~^( Ns Ar arch Ns Li |any)$ +.Li -a sec~^ Ns Ar section Ns Li $ +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr man 1 , +.Xr re_format 7 , +.Xr makewhatis 8 +.Sh HISTORY +An +.Nm +utility first appeared in +.Bx 2 . +It was rewritten from scratch for +.Ox 5.6 . +.Pp +The +.Fl M +option and the +.Ev MANPATH +variable first appeared in +.Bx 4.3 ; +.Fl m +in +.Bx 4.3 Reno ; +.Fl C +in +.Bx 4.4 Lite1 ; +and +.Fl S +and +.Fl s +in +.Ox 4.5 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.An Bill Joy +wrote the original +.Bx +.Nm +in February 1979. +The current version was written by +.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv +and +.An Ingo Schwarze Aq Mt schwarze@openbsd.org . |