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Date:      Sat, 23 Dec 1995 11:59:26 -0500 (EST)
From:      steve hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        David Brockus <dbrockus@cyberhall.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: man pages question
Message-ID:  <Pine.SCO.3.91.951223115859.7557C-100000@buffnet3.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951222160706.497A-100000@cyber1.cyberhall.com>

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On Fri, 22 Dec 1995, David Brockus wrote:

> I apologize in advance if this is a stupid question.  I have two man 
> pages with same name, but different number headings.
> 
> hylafax(1)
> hylafax(5f)
> 
> When I try just hylafax it display only the (1) page.  When I try hylafax(5f)
>  I get bad use of parenthesis error.  How do I view the hylafax(5f) 
> page.  I read the man page on man but that wasn't very helpful.  Thanks 
> in advance.

Say 'man -a hylafax' - when you quit the first it should display the second.

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Steve Hovey -- shovey@buffnet.net
 	       root@buffnet.net




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