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# [NAME](#NAME)

accessdb - dumps the content of a man-db database in a human readable format

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**/usr/sbin/accessdb** \[**-d?V**] \[*<index-file>*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**accessdb** will output the data contained within a man-db database in a human readable form. By default, it will dump the data from **/var/cache/man/index.<db-type>,** where <db-type> is dependent on the database library in use.

Supplying an argument to accessdb will override this default.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-d**, **--debug**](#d)

Print debugging information.

**-?**, **--help**

Print a help message and exit.

[**--usage**](#usage)

Print a short usage message and exit.

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

Display version information.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

```
Wilf. (G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk).
Fabrizio Polacco (fpolacco@debian.org).
Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org).
```

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db/-/issues  
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=man-db

2025-05-02 2.13.1

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Document: accessdb(8) from man-db 2.13.1-r55 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db