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diff --git a/usr.bin/mandoc/apropos.1 b/usr.bin/mandoc/apropos.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..401976f --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/mandoc/apropos.1 @@ -0,0 +1,510 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: apropos.1,v 1.41 2018/11/22 12:32:10 schwarze Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> +.\" Copyright (c) 2011,2012,2014,2017,2018 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: November 22 2018 $ +.Dt APROPOS 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm apropos , +.Nm whatis +.Nd search manual page databases +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl afk +.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, they display 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 extended regular expression matching +over manual names and descriptions +.Pq the Li \&Nm No and Li \&Nd No macro keys . +Multiple terms imply pairwise +.Fl o . +.Pp +.Nm whatis +is a synonym for +.Nm +.Fl f . +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl a +Instead of showing only the title lines, show the complete manual pages, +just like +.Xr man 1 +.Fl a +would. +If the standard output is a terminal device and +.Fl c +is not specified, use +.Xr more 1 +to paginate them. +In +.Fl a +mode, the options +.Fl IKOTW +described in the +.Xr mandoc 1 +manual are also available. +.It Fl C Ar file +Specify an alternative configuration +.Ar file +in +.Xr man.conf 5 +format. +.It Fl f +Search for all words in +.Ar expression +in manual page names only. +The search is case-insensitive and matches whole words only. +In this mode, macro keys, comparison operators, and logical operators +are not available. +.It Fl k +Support the full +.Ar expression +syntax. +It is the default for +.Nm . +.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 +The options +.Fl chlw +are also supported and are documented in +.Xr man 1 . +The options +.Fl fkl +are mutually exclusive and override each other. +.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 = | \(ti +.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 \(ti +evaluates a case-sensitive extended 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 +Results are sorted first according to the section number in ascending +numerical order, then by the page name in ascending +.Xr ascii 7 +alphabetical order, case-insensitive. +.Pp +Each output line is 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 +.Pp +In general, macro keys are supposed to yield complete results without +expecting the user to consider actual macro usage. +For example, results include: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width 3n -offset 3n -compact +.It Li \&Fa +function arguments appearing on +.Ic \&Fn +lines +.It Li \&Fn +function names marked up with +.Ic \&Fo +macros +.It Li \&In +include file names marked up with +.Ic \&Fd +macros +.It Li \&Vt +types appearing as function return types and +.It \& +types appearing in function arguments in the SYNOPSIS +.El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width MANPAGER +.It Ev MANPAGER +Any non-empty value of the environment variable +.Ev MANPAGER +is used instead of the standard pagination program, +.Xr more 1 ; +see +.Xr man 1 +for details. +Only used if +.Fl a +or +.Fl l +is specified. +.It Ev MANPATH +A colon-separated list of directories to search for manual pages; see +.Xr man 1 +for details. +Overridden by +.Fl M , +ignored if +.Fl l +is specified. +.It Ev PAGER +Specifies the pagination program to use when +.Ev MANPAGER +is not defined. +If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined, +.Xr more 1 +.Fl s +is used. +Only used if +.Fl a +or +.Fl l +is specified. +.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 case-sensitive regular expression: +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos \(aq\(tiset.?[ug]id\(aq +.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 +.Nm whatis +with the argument +.Qq ssh : +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos \-\- \-i \(aqNm\(ti[[:<:]]ssh[[:>:]]\(aq +.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\(ti^( Ns Ar arch Ns Li |any)$ +.Li -a sec\(ti^ Ns Ar section Ns Li $ +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr man 1 , +.Xr re_format 7 , +.Xr makewhatis 8 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility is compliant with the +.St -p1003.1-2008 +specification of +.Xr man 1 +.Fl k . +.Pp +All options, the +.Nm whatis +command, support for logical operators, macro keys, +substring matching, sorting of results, the environment variables +.Ev MANPAGER +and +.Ev MANPATH , +the database format, and the configuration file +are extensions to that specification. +.Sh HISTORY +Part of the functionality of +.Nm whatis +was already provided by the former +.Nm manwhere +utility in +.Bx 1 . +The +.Nm +and +.Nm whatis +utilities first appeared in +.Bx 2 . +They were 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 +for +.Nm +and in +.Ox 5.6 +for +.Nm whatis . +The options +.Fl acfhIKklOTWw +appeared in +.Ox 5.7 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.An Bill Joy +wrote +.Nm manwhere +in 1977 and the original +.Bx +.Nm +and +.Nm whatis +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 . |