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authorJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.org>1999-12-20 14:34:29 +0000
committerJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.org>1999-12-20 14:34:29 +0000
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@@ -157,6 +157,17 @@ the man page. By default,
.Nm %pager%
is used.
.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Pp
+Normally, to look at the relevant manpage information for getopt,
+one would use:
+.Dl man getopt
+.Pp
+However, when referred to a specific section of the manual,
+such as
+.Xr getopt 3 ,
+one would use:
+.Dl man 3 getopt
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr apropos 1 ,
.Xr groff 1 ,