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Q: man pages missing information

All man-pages have vital missing documentation. argument list and standard man-page formatting

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), man-pages documentation imcomplete

Posted on Sep 30, 2013 6:33 PM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Sep 30, 2013 7:28 PM in response to surebits
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    Sep 30, 2013 7:28 PM in response to surebits

    Please post a screenshot that shows what you mean. Be careful not to include any private information.

    Start a reply to this message. Click the camera icon in the toolbar of the editing window and select the image file to upload it. You can also include text in the reply.

  • by surebits,

    surebits surebits Oct 1, 2013 4:02 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 1, 2013 4:02 PM in response to Linc Davis

    man-ls.png

    as you can see the "SYNOPSIS" and "DESCRIPTION" arguments are missing.

     

    Regards,

    //surebits

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Oct 1, 2013 5:51 PM in response to surebits
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    Oct 1, 2013 5:51 PM in response to surebits

    Back up all data.
      
    Select
      
    Shell ▹ New Command
      
    from the Terminal menu bar. Uncheck the box marked
      
    Run command inside a shell
      
    if checked.
        
    Copy and paste the following line into the text box that opens, then press return:
    mkdir disabled_shell_files
      
    Close the Terminal window that opens. Repeat with this line:
    mv .profile .bash_history .bash_profile .bashrc .inputrc disabled_shell_files
      
    Your old shell initialization and history files will be saved in a directory named "disabled_shell_files" at the top level of your home directory.
      
    Close the window, open a new one, and test.

  • by surebits,

    surebits surebits Oct 2, 2013 12:29 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 2, 2013 12:29 AM in response to Linc Davis

    I followed your instructions.

     

    That did not work. Any other ideas to try?

     

    //surebits

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Oct 2, 2013 7:32 AM in response to surebits
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    Oct 2, 2013 7:32 AM in response to surebits

    In the Terminal settings window, select one of the built-in profiles.

  • by sabatica,

    sabatica sabatica Oct 2, 2013 7:53 AM in response to surebits
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    Oct 2, 2013 7:53 AM in response to surebits

    How about...

     

    Quit Terminal

     

    Delete the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist file

     

    Restart your Mac

    Relaunch terminal

     

    do

     

    man less

     

    command as before.

     

    Then report. Did it work. 

  • by sabatica,

    sabatica sabatica Oct 2, 2013 7:55 AM in response to surebits
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    Oct 2, 2013 7:55 AM in response to surebits

    IF it didn't work try under a different user account.

     

    Create a standard test account

     

    then try Terminal

     

    Does it work?

     

    If not backup Mac

     

    Boot from Recory HD(Cmd+R) at startup) and reinstall OS. This will not delete your existing files. It will just replace a new copy of OSX.

  • by surebits,

    surebits surebits Oct 8, 2013 5:18 PM in response to sabatica
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    Oct 8, 2013 5:18 PM in response to sabatica

    Solved!

     

    Thanks to everyone who helped.

     

    I added a new use and opened Terminal and the manpages were correct.

     

    I tested further on my own account and found that my "black", i.e., white text on black background was the problem. Modifying the "Pro" to my liking gave me the white text on black background I desire and the complete text explaination on the manpages.

     

    Regards,

    surebits

  • by tushar_mehta,

    tushar_mehta tushar_mehta Feb 23, 2016 7:43 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Feb 23, 2016 7:43 AM in response to Linc Davis

    This worked for me. thanks! I should have tried this before to save some time in investigating this issue.