implement the tbl(7) "allbox" option;

[mandoc.git] / apropos.1

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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-.\"    $Id: apropos.1,v 1.11 2011/11/29 10:53:42 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: apropos.1,v 1.45 2017/03/27 18:51:36 schwarze Exp $

 .\"
 .\"

-.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 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
 .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above


@@ -14,50 +15,132 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
 .\" 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 29 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 27 2017 $

 .Dt APROPOS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Dt APROPOS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME

-.Nm apropos
+.Nm apropos ,
+.Nm whatis

 .Nd search manual page databases
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Nd search manual page databases
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm

-.Op Fl M Ar manpath
-.Op Fl m Ar manpath
+.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
 .Op Fl S Ar arch
 .Op Fl s Ar section

-.Ar expression...
+.Ar expression ...

 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The

-.Nm
-utility queries manual page databases generated by
-.Xr mandocdb 8 ,
-evaluating on
+.Nm apropos
+and
+.Nm whatis
+utilities query manual page databases generated by
+.Xr makewhatis 8 ,
+evaluating

 .Ar expression
 for each file in each database.
 .Ar expression
 for each file in each database.

-Its arguments are as follows:
+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 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 .
+.Pp
+.Nm whatis
+is a synonym for
+.Nm
+.Fl f .
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:

 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .Bl -tag -width Ds

-.It Fl M Ar manpath
+.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
 Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths
 searched for

-.Xr mandocdb 8
+.Xr makewhatis 8

 databases.
 Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
 databases.
 Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.

-.It Fl m Ar manpath
+.It Fl m Ar path

 Prepend the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched
 for
 Prepend the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched
 for

-.Xr mandocdb 8
+.Xr makewhatis 8

 databases.
 Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
 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
 .It Fl S Ar arch

-Search only for a particular architecture.
-.It Fl s Ar cat
-Search only for a manual section.
+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
 See
 .Xr man 1

-for a listing of manual sections.
+for a listing of sections.

 .El
 .Pp
 .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
 An
 .Ar expression
 consists of search terms joined by logical operators


@@ -82,34 +165,40 @@ True if both
 and
 .Ar expr2
 are true (logical
 and
 .Ar expr2
 are true (logical

-.Qq and ) .
+.Sq and ) .

 .It Ar expr1 Oo Fl o Oc Ar expr2
 True if
 .Ar expr1
 and/or
 .Ar expr2
 evaluate to true (logical
 .It Ar expr1 Oo Fl o Oc Ar expr2
 True if
 .Ar expr1
 and/or
 .Ar expr2
 evaluate to true (logical

-.Qq or ) .
+.Sq or ) .

 .It Ar term
 True if
 .Ar term
 is satisfied.
 This has syntax
 .It Ar term
 True if
 .Ar term
 is satisfied.
 This has syntax

-.Li [key[,key]*(=~)]?val ,
-where operand
-.Cm key
+.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
 is an
 .Xr mdoc 7
 macro to query and

-.Cm val
+.Ar val

 is its value.
 See
 .Sx Macro Keys
 for a list of available keys.
 Operator
 is its value.
 See
 .Sx Macro Keys
 for a list of available keys.
 Operator

-.Li \&=
+.Cm =

 evaluates a substring, while
 evaluates a substring, while

-.Li \&~
+.Cm \(ti

 evaluates a regular expression.
 .It Fl i Ar term
 If
 evaluates a regular expression.
 .It Fl i Ar term
 If


@@ -119,46 +208,54 @@ is evaluated case-insensitively.
 Has no effect on substring terms.
 .El
 .Pp
 Has no effect on substring terms.
 .El
 .Pp

-By default,
-.Nm
-searches for
-.Xr mandocdb 8
-databases in the default paths stipulated by
-.Xr man 1 ,
-parses terms as case-sensitive regular expressions
-.Pq the Li \&~ operator
-over manual names and descriptions
-.Pq the Li \&Nm No and Li \&Nd No macro keys .
-Multiple terms imply pairwise
-.Fl o .
-Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as
+Results are sorted according to the following criteria:
+.Bl -enum
+.It
+The manpath directory tree the page is found in, according to the
+order specified with
+.Fl M ,
+.Fl m ,
+the
+.Ev MANPATH
+environment variable, the
+.Xr man.conf 5
+configuration file, or the default documented in
+.Xr man.conf 5 .
+.It
+The section number in ascending numerical order.
+.It
+The page name in ascending
+.Xr ascii 7
+alphabetical order, case-insensitive.
+.El
+.Pp
+Each output line is formatted as

 .Pp
 .Pp

-.D1 title(sec) \- description
+.D1 name[, name...](sec) \- description

 .Pp
 Where
 .Pp
 Where

-.Qq title
-is the manual's title (note multiple manual names may exist for one
-title),
-.Qq sec
+.Dq name
+is the manual's name,
+.Dq sec

 is the manual section, and
 is the manual section, and

-.Qq description
+.Dq description

 is the manual's short description.
 If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is displayed as
 .Pp
 is the manual's short description.
 If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is displayed as
 .Pp

-.D1 title(cat/arch) \- description
+.D1 name(sec/arch) \- description

 .Pp
 Resulting manuals may be accessed as
 .Pp
 .Pp
 Resulting manuals may be accessed as
 .Pp

-.Dl $ man \-s sec title
+.Dl $ man \-s sec name

 .Pp
 If an architecture is specified in the output, use
 .Pp
 .Pp
 If an architecture is specified in the output, use
 .Pp

-.Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch title
+.Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch name

 .Ss Macro Keys
 Queries evaluate over a subset of
 .Xr mdoc 7
 macros indexed by
 .Ss Macro Keys
 Queries evaluate over a subset of
 .Xr mdoc 7
 macros indexed by

-.Xr mandocdb 8 .
+.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.
 In addition to the macro keys listed below, the special key
 .Cm any
 may be used to match any available macro key.


@@ -167,6 +264,8 @@ Names and description:
 .Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact
 .It Li \&Nm Ta manual name
 .It Li \&Nd Ta one-line manual 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:
 .El
 .Pp
 Sections and cross references:


@@ -230,48 +329,158 @@ Text production:
 .It Li \&Dx Ta Dx No version reference
 .El
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 .It Li \&Dx Ta Dx No version reference
 .El
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT

-.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.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
 .It Ev MANPATH

-Colon-separated paths overriding the default list of paths searched for
-manual databases.
-Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
+A colon-separated list of directories to search for manual pages; see
+.Xr man 1
+for details.

 Overridden by
 Overridden by

-.Fl M .
+.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
 .El
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Ex -std
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 Search for

-.Qq mdoc
-as a substring and regular expression 
-within each manual name and description:
+.Qq .cf
+as a substring of manual names and descriptions:

 .Pp
 .Pp

-.Dl $ apropos mdoc
-.Dl $ apropos ~^mdoc$
+.Dl $ apropos .cf

 .Pp
 Include matches for
 .Pp
 Include matches for

-.Qq roff
+.Qq .cnf

 and
 and

-.Qq man
-for the regular expression case:
+.Qq .conf
+as well:

 .Pp
 .Pp

-.Dl $ apropos ~^mdoc$ roff man
-.Dl $ apropos ~^mdoc$ \-o roff \-o man
+.Dl $ apropos .cf .cnf .conf

 .Pp
 .Pp

-Search for
+Search in names and descriptions using a regular expression:
+.Pp
+.Dl $ apropos \(aq\(tiset.?[ug]id\(aq
+.Pp
+Search for manuals in the library section mentioning both the

 .Qq optind
 .Qq optind

-and
+and the

 .Qq optarg
 .Qq optarg

-as variable names in the library category:
+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
 .Pp

-.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 Va~^optind \-a Va~^optarg$
+.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 ,
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr man 1 ,
 .Xr re_format 7 ,

-.Xr mandocdb 8
-.Sh AUTHORS
+.Xr makewhatis 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+Part of the functionality of
+.Nm whatis
+was already provided by the former
+.Nm manwhere
+utility in
+.Bx 1 .

 The
 .Nm
 The
 .Nm

-utility was written by
-.An Kristaps Dzonsons ,
-.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
+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 .