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-rw-r--r-- | exman.sh | 31 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/exman.sh b/exman.sh index 5077c34..9b6777d 100644 --- a/exman.sh +++ b/exman.sh @@ -26,4 +26,33 @@ for sect in "${MANPATH}"/man*/; do MANSECT="${MANSECT:-}${MANSECT:+:}${sect}" done -exec man "$@" +# macOS man(1) refuses to search in directories such as "man3p", so do it +# manually here unless there are other flags passed. +hack() { + case "${1:-}" in + (-*) exec man "$@";; + ([0-9]*) MANSECT=$1; shift;; + esac + [ $# -gt 0 ] || die 'What manual page do you want?' + for page in "$@"; do + found=0 + IFS=: + for sect in $MANSECT; do + path="${MANPATH}/man${sect}/${page}" + for ext in ".${sect}" ".${sect}.gz"; do + [ -f "${path}${ext}" ] || continue + man "${path}${ext}" + found=1 + break + done + [ $found -eq 0 ] || break + done + [ $found -ne 0 ] || die "No manual entry for ${page}" + done +} + +if [ "$(uname)" = 'Darwin' ]; then + hack "$@" +else + exec man "$@" +fi |