Table 6-5 shows that SunOS release 5.6 version of the man command has additional search options.
Table 6-5 New man Command Options
Option |
Description |
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-a |
Displays all man pages that match file name. The pages are displayed sequentially in the order they are found. |
-l |
Lists all man pages that match file name. You can use the output of this command to specify a section number with the -s option. |
-s section-number |
Searches section-number for file name. In the SunOS release 4.x software, the man command accepted the section number as an option; in this release, the section number must be preceded by -s. |
-F |
Forces the man command to search all directories until file name is found. This option overrides the windex database and the man.cf file. |
See the man(1) man page for a complete description of the SunOS release 5.6 man command.