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man-db

brew install man-db v2.13.1 GPL-2.0-or-later

Unix documentation system

51
30-day installs · #4644
161
90-day · #4567
811
365-day · #4178

Runtime dependencies

groff libpipeline

Build dependencies

pkgconf

Links

Caveats

Commands also provided by macOS have been installed with the prefix "g".
If you need to use these commands with their normal names, you
can add a "bin" directory to your PATH from your bashrc like:
  PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/man-db/libexec/bin:$PATH"
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