manual page distributed with 4.2BSD

SCCS-vsn: usr.bin/man/man.1 5.1

diff --git a/usr/src/usr.bin/man/man.1 b/usr/src/usr.bin/man/man.1
index 3771619..acd1b05 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/src/usr.bin/man/man.1
+++ b/usr/src/usr.bin/man/man.1
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
 .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
 .\"
 .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
 .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
 .\"

-.\"    @(#)man.1       4.1 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"    @(#)man.1       5.1 (Berkeley) %G%

 .\"
 .\"

-.TH MAN 1
+.TH MAN 1 "18 January 1983"

 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
 man \- find manual information by keywords; print out the manual
 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
 man \- find manual information by keywords; print out the manual


@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ title ...
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I Man
 is a program which gives information from the programmers manual.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I Man
 is a program which gives information from the programmers manual.

-It can be asked form one line descriptions of commands specified by
+It can be asked for one line descriptions of commands specified by

 name, or for all commands whose description contains any of a set of
 keywords.  It can also provide on-line access to the sections of the
 printed manual.
 name, or for all commands whose description contains any of a set of
 keywords.  It can also provide on-line access to the sections of the
 printed manual.


@@ -60,10 +60,9 @@ If a section specifier is given
 looks in the that section of the manual for the given
 .I titles.
 .I Section
 looks in the that section of the manual for the given
 .I titles.
 .I Section

-is an arabic section number, i.e. 3,
-which may be followed by a single letter classifier, i.e. 1g
-indicating a graphics program in section 1.
-If
+is an Arabic section number (3 for instance).  The number may followed by
+a single letter classifier (1g for instance)
+indicating a graphics program in section 1.  If

 .I section
 is omitted,
 .I man
 .I section
 is omitted,
 .I man


@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ it finds, if any.
 .PP
 If the standard output is a teletype, or if the flag
 .B \-
 .PP
 If the standard output is a teletype, or if the flag
 .B \-

-is given, then
+is given,

 .I man
 pipes its output through
 .IR cat (1)
 .I man
 pipes its output through
 .IR cat (1)


@@ -81,8 +80,7 @@ with the option
 .B \-s
 to crush out useless blank lines,
 .IR ul (1)
 .B \-s
 to crush out useless blank lines,
 .IR ul (1)

-to create proper underlines for different terminals,
-and through
+to create proper underlines for different terminals, and through

 .IR more (1)
 to stop after each page on the screen.
 Hit a space to continue,
 .IR more (1)
 to stop after each page on the screen.
 Hit a space to continue,