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Man_Pages_Usage.md

Using man pages

Use man pager

By default man usages less as its pages. Less can be used

  1. D or Control D - Advance half a page.
  2. U or Control U - Go back half a page.
  3. Space or F or Control F - Advance a page.
  4. B or Control B - Go back a page.

Open man page in preview

Allows to open man page in a normal window

pman(){
  man -t "{$1}" | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app/
}

Usage: pman grep

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