Sman - Tool for searching and indexing man pages
% sman boot disk # searches for man pages about 'boot disk' % sman -m 10 -f -r linux kernel # show first 10 hits about the linux kernel # with the manpage's Rank and Filename % sman '(linux and kernel and module) or (eepro100 and ipchains)' # a more complex query % sman swishtitle=linux and desc=kernel # where title contains 'linux' and description contains 'kernel'
Sman is the Searcher for Man pages. It depends on an index which is built by the included sman-update which by default resides in /var/lib/sman/sman.index.
The two included progams, sman and sman-update, will both search for the first configuration file named sman.conf in /etc, /usr/local/etc/, $HOME, or the directory with sman. If no sman.conf file is found (or specified through the --config option), then the default configuration in /usr/local/etc/sman-defaults.conf will be used.
NOTE: In all cases command line options take precedence over directives read from configuration files.
Josh Rabinowitz <joshr>
sman, sman-update, sman.conf
To install Sman, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Sman
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Sman
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.