commands.sh

mandb

linux

Manage the pre-formatted manual page database.

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Examples (6)

Purge and process manual pages

Update a single entry

mandb --filename path/to/file

Create entries from scratch instead of updating

mandb --create

Only process user databases

mandb --user-db

Do not purge obsolete entries

mandb --no-purge

Check the validity of manual pages

mandb --test
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