+#!/bin/sh
+# usage: sh catman
+# put the section numbers here:
+SECTIONS="1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8"
+MANDIR=/usr/share/man
+
+formatman()
+{
+ echo " "$1 "->" $*
+ (cd cat$section; rm -f $*)
+ nroff -man < man$section/$1 > cat$section/$1
+ catfile=$1; shift
+ while [ $# -gt 0 ]
+ do
+ ln cat$section/$catfile cat$section/$1
+ shift
+ done
+}
+
+cd $MANDIR
+for section in $SECTIONS
+do
+ echo formatting section $section ...
+
+ IFS=" "
+ allfiles=`ls -i1 man$section | sort | awk '{if (inode ~ $1) printf "/" $2;
+ else printf " " $2; inode = $1 } END {printf "\n"}'`
+ for files in $allfiles
+ do
+ IFS="/"
+ tfiles=`echo $files`
+ IFS=" "
+ formatman $tfiles
+ done
+done
+exit 0