woman

gistfile1.sh

# search and browse manpages interactively
function woman {
    err="usage: $FUNCNAME [object]"
    test $# -ne 1 && echo $err && return 1

    IFS=$'\n' manpgs=( $(apropos $1 | grep ^$1) )
    select line in ${manpgs[@]}; do
        n=${line%%) *}; n=${n#* (}
        man ${n} ${line%% *}
        return 0
    done
}