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6.68.3. Contents of Man-DB
Installed programs: accessdb, apropos (link to whatis), catman, lexgrog, man, mandb, manpath, and whatis
Installed libraries: libman.so and libmandb.so (both in /usr/lib/man-db)
Installed directories: /usr/lib/man-db, /usr/libexec/man-db, and /usr/share/doc/man-db-2.8.6.1
Short Descriptions
accessdb Dumps the whatis database contents in human-readable form
apropos Searches the whatis database and displays the short descriptions of system commands that contain a given string
catman Creates or updates the pre-formatted manual pages
lexgrog Displays one-line summary information about a given manual page
man Formats and displays the requested manual page
mandb Creates or updates the whatis database
manpath Displays the contents of $MANPATH or (if $MANPATH is not set) a suitable search path based on the settings in man.conf and the user's environment
whatis Searches the whatis database and displays the short descriptions of system commands that contain the given keyword as a separate word
libman Contains run-time support for man
libmandb Contains run-time support for man