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manpath

determines and displays the search path used to find manual pages

TLDR

Display search path
$ manpath
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Show global manpath
$ manpath --global
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SYNOPSIS

manpath [options]

DESCRIPTION

manpath determines and displays the search path used to find manual pages. It examines configuration files and environment variables to construct the path.

PARAMETERS

-g, --global

Show entire global manpath
-d, --debug
Print debugging information
-q, --quiet
Suppress warnings
-c, --catpath
Show catpath instead of manpath

ENVIRONMENT

MANPATH: Override default search pathPATH: Used to derive manpath if MANPATH unset

SEE ALSO

man(1), mandb(8)

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