tldr/pages/linux/mandb.md

mandb

Manage the pre-formatted manual page database. More information: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/mandb.8.html.

• 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