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Man pages are the documentation pages that come preinstalled with almost all substantial Unix and Unix-like operating systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_page

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How can I use wait() as a non-blocking command in Unix?

From the wait() man page The wait() system call suspends execution of the calling thread until one of its children terminates. Regarding why to use wait(), it says In the case of a terminated child, performing a wait allows the system to…
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Reaching correct man page

When I type 'man read' on shell prompt it displays read shell command, how do I open documentation for read() C function. My question is not just for read applies to similar other functions like sleep() I usually run to https://linux.die.net when it…
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There's no IPVLAN option in systemd.network man page

I read systemd.network man page, there is no IPVLAN option in [Network] section. https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.network.html However I used that option in .network file, It works! Is it accidentally omitted? my simple…
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Make Xcode treat man pages like doc sets?

Working with--for example--OpenGL, say I need to get documentation for glEnable(). Double-click, copy, Help->Open man Page..., paste, enter works, but... Is there a way to make Xcode treat man pages like doc sets, so that option-double-clicking on a…
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How many zeros should I put in the front to represent octal number?

The following description is from man 2 open in linux system. Sometimes they put two zeros and sometimes three in the front. But I think one zero is good enough. What's the idea behind this? S_IRWXU 00700 user (file owner) has read,…
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How to install man on Heroku

My app needs the package: man, but by default it's not installed on the heroku/nodejs buildpack. So according to the documentation, heroku/heroku-buildpack-apt is the tool for the job when your app needs additional apt dependencies. I assigned the…
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Opening a newly created man file in a text editor BASH

I've created a new groff file, now named junk-man.1.gz (as I've been asked to gzip file). How do I view the man file in gedit? I want to be able to view the man file as in all its presented glory, not the original groff code.
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How do I can find file system(like `/etc`) in `man` command

I want to know what is the role of etc in man command. but, does not find etc in man. $ man etc No manual entry for etc I am using CentOS. The details are below $ cat /etc/centos-release CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core) Thank you for reading!
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pod2man fails with expected text not a number

I am building a legacy version of openSSL to do some testing, but the build is failing. I have already fixed several things, but now have got a new one, the log is reporting that it fails when installing the man pages. created directory…
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debian linux gvfs-copy command not found

Background: I am trying to copy files from a raspberry pi 3 (raspbian jessie) to an Android phone connected as an mtp device. I want to do it over the command line so that I can write a script to automate it. If I try to use a simple cp command, I…
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Literal empty line in pandoc manpage markdown

This markdown manpage: %frobnicator(3) # NAME **frobnicator** — frobnicates the frobs # OPTIONS **-a** *a*: the letter a \ **-b** *b*: the letter b \ \ **-c** *c*: the letter c \ renders (pandoc -s --to=man frobnicator.md |PAGER=cat man…
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Changing font size in groff does nothing

I have an unordered list defined in groff, but the system I'm on can't render the unicode bullet character, so I wanted to use a small o, and I've tried to use \s-2 to decrease the typesize by two, yet, when I open said file with man, the o doesn't…
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Linux man command about [OPTIONS]

Let's say git add command.When I input man git add,I get its page. SYNOPSIS git add [--verbose | -v] [--dry-run | -n] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] [--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update…
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Writing portable man pages

If I want to write man pages which are portable between different Unix-like systems, which source language standard should I use? Or can I simply assume that GNU troff (groff) is available everywhere?
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Diacritical marks in man pages

I have written a man page in the nroff syntax. The text is in English but I want to make sure that a name containing the character "ö" is displayed correctly (even on a non-UTF-8 system). Is there a way to specify this character in nroff, similar to…
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