MANPATH(5)                     /etc/man_db.conf                     MANPATH(5)

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       manpath - <?><?><?> /etc/man_db.conf <?><?>

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       manpath
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       manpath
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       cat <?><?><?><?><?><?>

       <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>  $MANPATH<?>/etc/man_db.conf
       <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>

<?><?><?><?>
       <?><?><?><?><?><?>man-db <?><?><?><?><?> $PATH<?><?><?><?><?><?><?>
       path_element<?><?><?><?> manpath_element <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>

       <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> path_element
       <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> MANPATH_MAP <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>
       path_element/../man<?>path_element/man<?>path_element/../share/man <?>
       path_element/share/man
       <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>

       <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> MANDATORY_MANPATH
       <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>

       Finally, if the --systems option is used or the $SYSTEM environment
       variable is set, then that should consist of a sequence of operating
       system names separated by commas or colons.  This acts as a template,
       expanding the search path once more to allow access to other operating
       systems' manual pages: for each system name, man-db looks for that name
       as a subdirectory of each entry in the search path, and adds it to the
       final search path if it exists.  A system name of man inserts the
       normal search path without subdirectories.  For example, if the search
       path would otherwise have been /usr/share/man:/usr/local/man, and
       $SYSTEM is set to newOS:man, then the final search path will be
       /usr/share/man/newOS:/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man/newOS:
       /usr/local/man.

       $MANPATH <?><?><?><?><?><?><?> man-db
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       $PATH
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       <?><?> $MANPATH
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       $MANPATH
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<?><?>
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       # <?><?>
              <?><?><?><?> # <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>

       MANDATORY_MANPATH manpath_element
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> $MANPATH
              <?><?><?><?> manpath<?><?><?><?><?><?> /usr/man<?>

       MANPATH_MAP path_element manpath_element
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> $PATH <?> $MANPATH
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> $PATH <?><?><?><?><?><?>
              path_element<?><?><?> manpath_element <?><?><?> $MANPATH<?>

       MANDB_MAP manpath_element [ catpath_element ]
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              manpath<?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> cat
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> man <?><?><?> setuid
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>(<?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>
              /etc/man_db.conf <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> .manpath
              <?><?>)<?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> setuid
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>

              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> /usr <?><?><?>
              /usr/man, /usr/local/man <?> /usr/X11R6/man<?>

              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> manpath_element <?> cat
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>
              catpath_element<?>

              <?><?><?> cat
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              cat<?><?><?><?> Linux
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              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> <?><?> <?><?> man
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>
              /usr/man/sun <?><?><?><?> NLS <?><?><?><?> <?><?><?><?>
              /usr/man/de_DE.88591<?>

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              manpath<?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>/usr/man/de_DE.88591
              <?><?><?><?> /usr/man <?><?><?>

       DEFINE <?> <?>
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              grep <?> tbl)<?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>

       SECTION <?><?> ...
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              SECTION <?><?><?><?><?><?><?>

                     SECTION 1 n l 8 3 0 2 3type 5 4 9 6 7

              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?> SECTION
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>

              If a particular extension is not in this list (say, 1mh) it will
              be displayed with the rest of the section it belongs to.  The
              effect of this is that you only need to explicitly list
              extensions if you want to force a particular order.  Sections
              with extensions should usually be adjacent to their main section
              (e.g. "1 1mh 8 ...").

              SECTIONS <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>

       MINCATWIDTH <?><?>
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>(<?><?><?>)<?><?><?> cat
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?> 80<?>

       MAXCATWIDTH <?><?>
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>(<?><?><?>)<?><?><?> cat
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?> 80<?>

       CATWIDTH <?><?>
              <?><?> <?><?>
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?> cat
              <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>
              MINCATWIDTH <?> MAXCATWIDTH<?>

       NOCACHE
              <?><?><?><?><?> man(1) <?><?><?><?> cat <?><?><?>

BUGS
       <?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?><?>

       https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db/-/issues
       https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=man-db

2.13.1                            2025-05-02                        MANPATH(5)