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#1 2008-01-29 07:58:37

HydroDiOxide
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[SOLVED] overview man pages

I was wondering how can get an overview of all the available man pages on my system.

Last edited by HydroDiOxide (2008-06-17 08:25:22)


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#2 2008-01-29 09:01:16

somedrew
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Re: [SOLVED] overview man pages

One way, but not the best, would be to list the contents of /usr/share/(man1, man3, man4, man5, man7, man8)
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#3 2008-01-29 09:37:00

Allan
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Re: [SOLVED] overview man pages

Don't forget /usr/man as many packages haven't moved their man pages to /usr/share/man yet.

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#4 2008-01-29 13:39:34

byte
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Re: [SOLVED] overview man pages

For KDE users: Open Konqueror with this URL -> man:/

Or use xman, from xorg-apps.

Last edited by byte (2008-01-29 13:41:11)


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#5 2011-03-01 21:33:32

m.bork
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Re: [SOLVED] overview man pages

You should install xman. It shows all names of man pages an allows to choose which of them to see.

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