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4.1 'man'
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The 'man' macro package is the most widely used and probably the most
important ever developed for 'troff'.  It is easy to use, and a vast
majority of manual pages ("man pages") are written in it.

   'groff''s implementation is documented in the 'groff_man(7)' man
page.  Type 'man groff_man' at the command line to view it.

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* Optional man extensions::