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From: strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong)
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Subject: Re: How to get all descriptor lines from man?
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Date: 19 Sep 89 16:04:46 GMT
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In article <11202@fluke.COM> strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong) writes:
}In article <31933@ames.arc.nasa.gov> gahooten@titan (Gregory A. Hooten) writes:
}}
}}I was trying to find a way to get all of the descriptor lines from the man
}}pages in Unixa BSD 4.3.  I know there is a function that allows the 
}}descriptor line from a chosen subject, but I want all subjects.  I had a feeling
}}that if I could get it to search for all vowels in the subject lines, then
}}it would have to find all man entries, but have not found how to do this.
}}
}}Any help would be great.
}}
}}Greg Hooten
}}GAHOOTEN@ames.arc.nasa.gov
}
}Here's the one line command I use to do precisely that:
}
}cat /usr/man/whatis | fold -132 | lpr -i2 -J "unix programs" &


Addendum:

That command prints the list on a 132 column lineprinter.  If you just
want to look at it on an 80 column display, change to this:

cat /usr/man/whatis | fold -80 > UnixPrograms



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Norm   (strong@tc.fluke.com)