Manage Manual Pages - Format Database with mandb | Online Free DevTools by Hexmos
Format the manual page database with mandb. Update, create, and purge entries efficiently using command line options. Free online tool, no registration required.
mandb
Manage the pre-formatted manual page database. More information: https://manned.org/mandb.
- Purge and process manual pages:
mandb
- Update a single entry:
mandb --filename {{path/to/file}}
- Create entries from scratch instead of updating:
mandb --create
- Only process user databases:
mandb --user-db
- Do not purge obsolete entries:
mandb --no-purge
- Check the validity of manual pages:
mandb --test