The Software Tools on-line documentation is divided into several
sections.
The standard manual sections contain the following
information:
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1 Writeups on the utilities available in the system (e.g. ed)
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2 Writeups on the virtual machine system calls available to
ratfor programmers. 
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3 Writeups on library routines available to ratfor programmers. 
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4 Primers on some of the more heavily used utilities. 
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In addition, other site-dependent manual sections may be
maintained by your system manager. 
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Three utilities are currently available for perusing the on-line
documentation: intro, apropos and man.
Specific information can
be obtained on each of these utilities by performing a command
of the form:
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man NAME
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where NAME is replaced by intro, apropos or man. 
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In addition, some of the more heavily used forms of these
commands are listed below. 
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man -s
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List all available manual sections. 
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man -s1
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List all available entries in manual section 1. 
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man ed
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List the manual entry on `ed'.
If entries exist in more
than one section, only the first is displayed, with a note
concerning the other entries displayed following the first
entry. 
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man -a -s2
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Display all entries in section 2. 
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man -a
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Display all entries for all sections (the entire manual). 
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intro -s2
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Display a one-line synopsis of all entries in section 2. 
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apropos mail
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Display a one-line synopsis of all entries in the manual
that match the pattern `mail'. 
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