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+.\"	$Id: apropos.1,v 1.17 2012/03/24 01:46:25 kristaps Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
+.\"
+.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
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+.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+.\"
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+.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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+.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
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+.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+.\"
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 24 2012 $
+.Dt APROPOS 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm apropos
+.Nd search manual page databases
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl C Ar file
+.Op Fl M Ar manpath
+.Op Fl m Ar manpath
+.Op Fl S Ar arch
+.Op Fl s Ar section
+.Ar expression ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility queries manual page databases generated by
+.Xr mandocdb 8 ,
+evaluating on
+.Ar expression
+for each file in each database.
+.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
+over manual names and descriptions.
+Multiple terms imply pairwise
+.Fl o .
+If standard output is a TTY, a result may be selected from a list and
+its manual displayed with the pager.
+.Pp
+Its arguments are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl C Ar file
+Specify an alternative configuration
+.Ar file
+in
+.Xr man.conf 5
+format.
+.It Fl M Ar manpath
+Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths
+searched for
+.Xr mandocdb 8
+databases.
+Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
+.It Fl m Ar manpath
+Prepend the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched
+for
+.Xr mandocdb 8
+databases.
+Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
+.It Fl S Ar arch
+Search only for a particular architecture.
+.It Fl s Ar cat
+Search only for a manual section.
+See
+.Xr man 1
+for a listing of manual sections.
+.El
+.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
+.Qq and ) .
+.It Ar expr1 Oo Fl o Oc Ar expr2
+True if
+.Ar expr1
+and/or
+.Ar expr2
+evaluate to true (logical
+.Qq or ) .
+.It Ar term
+True if
+.Ar term
+is satisfied.
+This has syntax
+.Li [key[,key]*(=~)]?val ,
+where operand
+.Cm key
+is an
+.Xr mdoc 7
+macro to query and
+.Cm val
+is its value.
+See
+.Sx Macro Keys
+for a list of available keys.
+Operator
+.Li \&=
+evaluates a substring, while
+.Li \&~
+evaluates a 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 by manual title, with output formatted as
+.Pp
+.D1 title(sec) \- description
+.Pp
+Where
+.Qq title
+is the manual's title (note multiple manual names may exist for one
+title),
+.Qq sec
+is the manual section, and
+.Qq description
+is the manual's short description.
+If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is displayed as
+.Pp
+.D1 title(cat/arch) \- description
+.Pp
+If on a TTY, results are prefixed with a numeric identifier.
+.Pp
+.D1 [index] title(cat) \- description
+.Pp
+One may choose a manual be entering the index at the prompt.
+Valid choices are displayed using
+.Ev MANPAGER ,
+or failing that ,
+.Ev PAGER
+or just
+.Xr more 1 .
+Source pages are formatted with
+.Xr mandoc 1 ;
+preformatted pages with
+.Xr cat 1 .
+.Ss Macro Keys
+Queries evaluate over a subset of
+.Xr mdoc 7
+macros indexed by
+.Xr mandocdb 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
+.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
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Ev MANPAGER
+Default pager for manuals.
+If this is unset, falls back to
+.Ev Pager .
+.It Ev PAGER
+The second choice for a manual pager.
+If this is unset, use
+.Xr more 1 .
+.It Ev MANPATH
+Colon-separated paths modifying the default list of paths searched for
+manual databases.
+Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
+Overridden by
+.Fl M .
+If
+.Ev MANPATH
+begins with a
+.Sq \&: ,
+it is appended to the default list;
+else if it ends with
+.Sq \&: ,
+it is prepended to the default list; else if it contains
+.Sq \&:: ,
+the default list is inserted between the colons.
+If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the default list.
+.El
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact
+.It Pa whatis.db
+name of the
+.Xr mandocdb 8
+keyword database
+.It Pa whatis.index
+name of the
+.Xr mandocdb 8
+filename database
+.It Pa /etc/man.conf
+default
+.Xr man 1
+configuration file
+.El
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Search for
+.Qq mdoc
+as a substring and regular expression
+within each manual name and description:
+.Pp
+.Dl $ apropos mdoc
+.Dl $ apropos ~^mdoc$
+.Pp
+Include matches for
+.Qq roff
+and
+.Qq man
+for the regular expression case:
+.Pp
+.Dl $ apropos ~^mdoc$ roff man
+.Dl $ apropos ~^mdoc$ \-o roff \-o man
+.Pp
+Search for
+.Qq optind
+and
+.Qq optarg
+as variable names in the library category:
+.Pp
+.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 Va~^optind \-a Va~^optarg$
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr more 1
+.Xr re_format 7 ,
+.Xr mandocdb 8
+.Sh AUTHORS
+The
+.Nm
+utility was written by
+.An Kristaps Dzonsons ,
+.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .