man [cmdname]
man [-g | --gui] [cmdname]
man [--no-gui] [-L language] [-S section] [cmdname]
man [-k|-K] keyword
man [-h | --help]MAN(nged)
NAME
man - Opens the graphical man page viewer.
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SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
Launches the BRL-CAD manual page viewer for the specified command name.
By default, man starts the GUI viewer when possible. It can also force GUI or
non-GUI mode and can select a manual language or manual section before
launching brlman.
The -k and -K options search manual pages instead of opening a named page. The -k option searches names, synopses, and brief descriptions; -K searches the full manual page text.
OPTIONS
- -h, --help
-
Print help and exit.
- -g, --gui
-
Force use of the graphical manual page viewer.
- --no-gui
-
Force command-line viewer mode.
- -L, --language lang
-
Select the manual language to request from
brlman. - -S, --section section
-
Select the manual section to request from
brlman. - -k keyword
-
Search manual page names, synopses, and brief descriptions.
- -K keyword
-
Search the full manual page text.
EXAMPLES
Example 1. Open the view manual page in the default viewer mode.
mged> man view
Launches the BRL-CAD manual page viewer on the view command page.
Example 2. Open a specific section in command-line mode.
mged> man --no-gui -S 1 rt
Launches brlman in non-GUI mode and requests section 1 for rt.
Example 3. Search command manual pages.
mged> man -K "boolean operations"
Opens the graphical manual page viewer with ranked full-text results.
AUTHOR
BRL-CAD Team
COPYRIGHT
This software is Copyright (c) 2016-2026 United States Government as represented by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
BUG REPORTS
Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org