Questions tagged [manpages]
The Linux command "man" displays manpages
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retrieve response body from wget --method=PUT
I knwo that with GNU wget (https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html) I can send PUT HTTP requests with --method=PUT, but I cannot figure out how to read the response body I get back.
What I'...
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How can I make my terminal experience more visually pleasing on Fedora 37 for reading manpages?
I currently use the basic GNOME Terminal on Fedora and I've had to do a lot of reading of manpages in it lately and would prefer a more visually appealing experience beyond simply changing background/...
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How do I convert manpages/info files to EPUB?
I like to read the manual pages on my e-reader. What is the best way to convert the manpages/info files into EPUBs?
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What are these '3cxx' man pages, and how can I remove/exclude them from man invocations?
This all started because I wanted man pages on C++ types/functions. I found a repository called Cppman that was designed to scrape these pages from either cplusplus or cppreference. At this point man ...
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GNU tar's --null option
The GNU tar's manpage has this to say about the --null option:
-T reads null-terminated names, disable -C
I know that --null is useful in combination with find ... -print0, but what is it about ...
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Fix man pages after disk was full
during an apt-get dist-upgrade my /var partition had no free disk space left, which led to dropping man pages during the installation of the packages.
Now that I have fixed this problem, is there any ...
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pandoc - markdown to man page tables not formatted (on msys2)
I am trying to use pandoc (if someone has a better conversion program I am all ears, please not ruby-dependent) to convert markdown files into manpages. It works fine until I go to do a doc with a ...
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Confusion about the `conntrack` extension of `iptables`
The iptables-extensions manpage has this to say about the conntrack extension (emphasis mine):
This module, when combined with connection tracking, allows access to the connection tracking state ...
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What is the most effective way to fix content in older linux manpages like traceroute?
Today I was reading through the manpage for traceroute when I came across this passage:
"There is a couple of additional options, intended for an advanced usage (another trace methods etc.):"
I ...
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cannot find man pages in osx (manpath issue)
I have OSX 10.8.3 and my man pages are not showing up. I have had this problem when I was on 10.6, but not I want to fix it.
The reason why I cannot find man pages is because it is set to "/usr/local/...
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Some man pages not found
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. I had Fedora a couple of years back and I saw the man pages for the following there:
unistd.h,
sys/types.h,
standard typedefs (suffixed by "_t") etc.
I tried this:
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man page only found after ran with root
When I try to run man page on my Red Hat as a normal user I get "No manual entry for zip"
If I change to root run: "man zip" and then I get the man page and afterwards I see the same man page as I did ...
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What's the difference between "uname -r" and "uname -v"?
I am using CentOS 6.2. In the man page of uname (i.e., man uname), it says:
-r, --kernel-release
print the kernel release
-v, --kernel-version
print the kernel version
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Is there a way to integrate the unix “man pages” into OSX's Dictionary app?
I was thinking it would be cool to be able to look things up in the man pages the same way one looks up words with the "Dictionary" app. Is there a way to add the man pages that OSX supplies into the ...
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Enabling mouse scrolling in OS X terminal man pages
I have been trying to find a way for the OS X Terminal to accept the mouse input to scroll in the man pages.
I have installed SIMBL and MouseTerm but this does not enable scrolling in the man pages. ...
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