Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 00:42:25 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: man cat Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970425003452.9481A-100000@aak.anchorage.net>
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this is my solution to anyone with problems with manpages, or for anyone
that doesn't like "cat" pages taking up their disk space. they use
MANPATH, so i deleted /usr/bin/manpath and /etc/manpath* and all my cat
pages. it's just a quick hack, but i'm happy now! i know there's a
million people that can do things better, this is just for the few dumber
than me! :)
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#!/bin/sh
#
# man -- open applicable manpages.
mpath=`echo $MANPATH | tr : " "`
if [ $# = 0 ]; then echo usage: man [n] keyword; exit 1; fi
if [ ! "$mpath" ]; then echo error: MANPATH is null; exit 1; fi
if which $PAGER; then pager=$PAGER; else pager="more -s"; fi
if [ $1 = 1 -o $1 = 2 -o $1 = 3 -o $1 = 4 -o $1 = 5 -o $1 = 6 \
-o $1 = 7 -o $1 = 8 -o $1 = 9 -o $1 = l -o $1 = n ]; then o=$1; shift;
fi
while [ $1 ]; do found=0; for mdir in $mpath; do
if [ $o ]; then
gzip -cd $mdir/man$o/$1.$o.gz 2>&-; if [ $? = 0 ]; then found=1; fi
else for n in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 l n; do
gzip -cd $mdir/man$n/$1.$n.gz 2>&-; if [ $? = 0 ]; then found=1; fi
done
fi
done; if [ $found = 0 ]; then echo $1: nothing appropriate; fi; shift
done | nroff -man | $pager
exit 0
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#!/bin/sh
#
# apropos -- search the whatis database for keywords.
mpath=`echo $MANPATH | tr : " "`
if [ $# = 0 ]; then echo usage: apropos keyword; exit 1; fi
if [ ! "$mpath" ]; then echo error: MANPATH is null; exit 1; fi
if which $PAGER; then pager=$PAGER; else pager=more; fi
while [ $1 ]; do found=0
for mdir in $mpath; do
grep -i "$1" $mdir/whatis; if [ $? = 0 ]; then found=1; fi
done; if [ $found = 0 ]; then echo $1: nothing appropriate; fi; shift
done | $pager
exit 0
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