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Running GNU coreutils via Homebrew on your Mac? Here's a one-liner to get the manpages working!
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| # Short of learning how to actually configure OSX, here's a hacky way to use | |
| # GNU manpages for programs that are GNU ones, and fallback to OSX manpages otherwise | |
| alias man='_() { echo $1; man -M $(brew --prefix)/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnuman $1 1>/dev/null 2>&1; if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then man -M $(brew --prefix)/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnuman $1; else man $1; fi }; _' |
What's wrong with just putting /usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnuman at the front of $MANPATH?
I have the same question as @OJFord. Why not just export MANPATH="/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnuman:$MANPATH"?
man section will not work, use $@ instead of $1
alias man='_() { echo $@; man -M $(brew --prefix)/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnuman $@ 1>/dev/null 2>&1; if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then man -M $(brew --prefix)/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnuman $@; else man $@; fi }; _'
This man hack command now not working in macOS 12.3.1 .. when i put this in my alias file and try to type man it stuck on "ma" only.. shall we have new workaround
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@tasmo Ahh so there is. I never use that.
unalias _fixes the issue.