21 lines
585 B
Lua
21 lines
585 B
Lua
local fs = require("filesystem")
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local shell = require("shell")
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local args = shell.parse(...)
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if #args == 0 then
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io.write("Usage: man <topic>\n")
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io.write("Where `topic` will usually be the name of a program or library.\n")
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return 1
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end
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local topic = args[1]
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for path in string.gmatch(os.getenv("MANPATH"), "[^:]+") do
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path = shell.resolve(fs.concat(path, topic), "man")
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if path and fs.exists(path) and not fs.isDirectory(path) then
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os.execute(os.getenv("PAGER") .. " " .. path)
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os.exit()
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end
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end
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io.stderr:write("No manual entry for " .. topic .. '\n')
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return 1
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