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"apropos: -s: unknown option"

Michael Mrozek
– Michael Mrozek

2012-07-30 20:36:39 +00:00
Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 20:36
@MichaelMrozek what system are you using? It works for me, e.g: output of apropos -s 2 -w '*'

Ulrich Dangel
– Ulrich Dangel

2012-07-30 20:42:59 +00:00
Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 20:42
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Thanks. The -s option is not present in Mac OS X apropos, which is presumably from BSD.

xyz
– xyz

2012-07-30 21:09:08 +00:00
Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 21:09
@f100 Ah ok, maybe try man -a -s 2 '*'

Ulrich Dangel
– Ulrich Dangel

2012-07-30 21:16:20 +00:00
Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 21:16
That seems more like it, but instead of listing them, it's actually invoking the viewer for each one in turn. I've hacked up a function to do listing which I posted in another comment. It likely has issues but it's enough for me :)

xyz
– xyz

2012-07-30 21:50:59 +00:00
Commented Jul 30, 2012 at 21:50

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