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f.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby
search = ARGV.first
manpath = `manpath`.split(':')
pages = Dir["/usr/share/man/man?/*"].map do |f|
File.basename f
end.map do |f|
f =~ /(.+?)(\.(gz|bz2|lzma|Z))?$/
$1
end.grep(/.*#{Regexp.escape search}.*/i).sort
puts pages
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