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1 `man-db` is an implementation of the standard Unix documentation system
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2 accessed using the `man` command. It uses a Berkeley DB database in place of
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3 the traditional flat-text whatis databases. `man-db` is used by several
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4 popular GNU/Linux distributions.
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6 Package contents:
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8 * `accessdb` - Dumps the `whatis` database contents in human-readable form
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9 * `apropos` - Searches the `whatis` database and displays the short
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10 descriptions of system commands that contain a given string
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11 * `catman` - Creates or updates the pre-formatted manual pages
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12 * `lexgrog` - Displays one-line summary information about a given manual
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13 page
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14 * `man` - Formats and displays the requested manual page
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15 * `mandb` - Creates or updates the `whatis` database
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16 * `manpath` - Displays the contents of $MANPATH or (if $MANPATH is not set)
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17 a suitable search path based on the settings in man.conf and the user's
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18 environment
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19 * `whatis` - Searches the whatis database and displays the short
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20 descriptions of system commands that contain the given keyword as a
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21 separate word
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22 * `libman` - Contains run-time support for man
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23 * `libmandb` - Contains run-time support for man
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