mandb
Manage the pre-formatted manual page database. More information: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/mandb.8.html.
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Purge and process manual pages:
mandb -
Update a single entry:
mandb --filename {{path/to/file}} -
Create entries from scratch instead of updating:
mandb --create -
Only process user databases:
mandb --user-db -
Do not purge obsolete entries:
mandb --no-purge -
Check the validity of manual pages:
mandb --test
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