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/usr/bin/catman

The man command and related utilities for examining on-line help files

From man-db 2.13.1-r57 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running catman --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: catman [OPTION...] [SECTION...]

  -C, --config-file=FILE     use this user configuration file
  -d, --debug                emit debugging messages
  -M, --manpath=PATH         set search path for manual pages to PATH
  -?, --help                 give this help list
      --usage                give a short usage message
  -V, --version              print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.

Report bugs to cjwatson@debian.org.
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-C, --config-file FILEUse this user configuration file rather than the default of ~/.manpath.help + man
-d, --debugPrint debugging information.help + man
-M, --manpath PATHSpecify an alternate colon-delimited manual page hierarchy search path.help + man
-?, --helpPrint a help message and exit.help + man
--usagePrint a short usage message and exit.help + man
-V, --versionDisplay version information.help + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.