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/usr/bin/lexgrog

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 lexgrog --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: lexgrog [OPTION...] FILE...

  -d, --debug                emit debugging messages
  -c, --cat                  parse as cat page
  -m, --man                  parse as man page
  -f, --filters              show guessed series of preprocessing filters
  -w, --whatis               show whatis information
  -E, --encoding=ENCODING    use selected output encoding
  -?, --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.

The defaults are --man and --whatis.

Report bugs to cjwatson@debian.org.
Options (9)
OptionDescriptionSource
-d, --debugPrint debugging information.help + man
-c, --catParse input as preformatted man pages (“cat pages”).help + man
-m, --manParse input as man page source files.help + man
-f, --filtersDisplay the list of filters needed to preprocess the man page before formatting with nroff or troff.help + man
-w, --whatisDisplay the name and description from the man page's header, as used by apropos and whatis.help + man
-E, --encoding ENCODINGOverride the guessed character set for the page to encoding.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
Exit status (3) from the manual page
0Successful program execution.
1Usage error.
2lexgrog failed to parse one or more of its input files.
Examples (4) from the manual page, untested

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