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Re: man pages



"Shlomo Solomon" <solomon@shani.net> wrote:
> I have a problem seing some MAN pages.
> 
> If I try (for example) *man gcc* or *man man*  or *man bash* I get a
> blank screen with the following at the bottom of the screen:
> 
> line ?/? (END)

Run `man -w gcc' . It will show, which file man tries to load. You'll
see something like

$man -w gcc
/usr/man/cat1/gcc.1.gz (<-- /usr/man/man1/gcc.1.gz)

Now, check if that file (/usr/man/cat1/gcc.1.gz in this example) isn't
truncated to a zero length for some reason or just isn't readable by
you. If it's truncated, delete it and man will recreate it next time you
run it, provided that source (/usr/man/man1/gcc.1.gz) exists.

Regards,

Evgeny
 


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