Package: man-db
Version: 2.5.7-1
Severity: normal
Two extant sections, only last prints:
% whatis -s 1 -s 3 printf
printf (3) - formatted output conversion
% whatis -s 1 -s 1 printf
printf (1) - format and print data
% whatis -s 3 -s 1 printf
printf (1) - format and print data
Consequentially, if the 2nd section has no match, an error:
% whatis -s 1 -s 8 printf ; echo $?
printf: nothing appropriate.
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User says "What about printf(1)?"
When a list of commands that run from the command line is wanted 'grep'
will work:
% whatis printf | grep '([18])'
printf (1) - format and print data
...but it'd be less convenient than:
whatis -s 1 -s 8 printf
...or something like:
whatis -s '[18]' printf
Hope this helps...
whatis -s 3 -s 8 printf ; echo $?
printf: nothing appropriate.
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