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PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:12 pm    Post subject: [solvled] How to follow symlinks in man by using bash Reply with quote
Hey,
how do I follow Hyperlinks in manuals, wich I call with bash.

For example: man bg ...
How do I follow Hyperlink: Section 2.12 ...

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
There are no hyperlinks in regular man pages, but you can search for strings. If your pager is less use '/'.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hey Jaglover,

thanks.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can't. Look at
Quote:
bzless /usr/share/man/man1p/bg.1p.bz2

You'll see that no targets are defined within this file. Consequently, the hyperlinks just look like hyperlinks. But you cannot click on them and you won't get redirected to the target.

You could try
Code:
info bg

That program supports hyperlinks. There's one for bash, but not for Section 2.12...
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Moved from Documentation, Tips & Tricks to Other Things Gentoo as this doesn't fit in the former forum.

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Unofficial documentation for various parts of Gentoo Linux. Note: This is not a support forum.

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