Re: how to view man pages.
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Xucaen wrote:
>Hi all.
>I just installed libncurses5-dev.
>man ncurses gives me a very nice overview of
>ncurses.
>It also gives me a very big list of function
>within ncurses. Next to each function name is the
>matching man page name.
>for instance, clear() has the man page
>clear(3NCURSES).
>
>when I type man clear(3NCURSES) i get
>xucaen@whitestar:~/src$ man clear(3NCURSES)
>bash: syntax error near unexpected token
>`clear(3'
man 3ncurses clear
>However, I did find that particular page in
>/usr/share/man/man3/clear.3ncurses.gz
>
>How do I view this page using the man command?
>
>I have had this problem with many other pages,
>not just ncurses.
>
>thanks!!
>
>xucaen
>
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