W3MMAN(1) General Commands Manual W3MMAN(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

w3mman - an interface to the on-line reference manuals via [w3m(1)](/man/os/w3m/w3m.1)

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**w3mman** \[ **-M path** ] \[ \[ *section* ] *page* ]  
**w3mman** \[ **-M path** ] \[ *section* ] **-k keyword**  
**w3mman** **-l file**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**w3mman** is a Perl script that uses [**w3m**(1)](/man/os/w3m/w3m.1) to serve as a pager for on-line reference manuals.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

A summary of options is included below.

[**-M path**](#M)

Specify *path* as alternative MANPATH to use.

[**-k keyword**](#k)

Specify *keyword*.

[**-l file**](#l)

Specify a *file*.

# [ENVIRONMENT](#ENVIRONMENT)

Two variables are available for debugging.

[**W3MMAN\_W3M**](#W3MMAN_W3M)

If W3MMAN\_W3M is set, its value is used instead of w3m.

[**W3MMAN\_MAN**](#W3MMAN_MAN)

If W3MMAN\_MAN is set, its value is used instead of /usr/bin/man.

# [FILES](#FILES)

*${exec\_prefix}/libexec/w3m/cgi-bin/w3mman2html.cgi*

manual page to HTML converter.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**man**(1)](/man/os/w3m/man.1), [**w3m**(1)](/man/os/w3m/w3m.1).

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

This manual page was written by Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

2016-07-13

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Document: w3mman(1) from w3m 0.5.3.20230718-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/tats/w3m