man does not work (too many arguments)

I get this an error when trying to run man on a Linux system:

$ LC_ALL=C man man



man: Too many arguments

Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.

My man command doesn't seem to be an alias:

command -v man: /usr/bin/man

What's going on?

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What is the output of "alias man" or simply "alias"?

– rbrtflr
5 hours ago

Is your man an alias? Check with type man or command -v man.

– Kusalananda
5 hours ago

1

@jayooin It's setting the default locale to the standard C locale. There is nothing strange about that bit.

– Kusalananda
4 hours ago

1

"man does not work (too many arguments)" : story of my life :-D

– Bruno Pérel
1 hour ago

1

man only accepts one argument. woman on the other hand accepts 1-n arguments although the output might not be in the expected sequential order. It's important to not set man as an alias for woman or vice versa as it will lead to trouble. [ProTip] - Symlink the two together to spawn a detached child process.

– David
1 hour ago

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I get this an error when trying to run man on a Linux system:

$ LC_ALL=C man man



man: Too many arguments

Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.

My man command doesn't seem to be an alias:

command -v man: /usr/bin/man

What's going on?

edited 4 hours ago

terdon♦

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What is the output of "alias man" or simply "alias"?

– rbrtflr
5 hours ago

Is your man an alias? Check with type man or command -v man.

– Kusalananda
5 hours ago

1

@jayooin It's setting the default locale to the standard C locale. There is nothing strange about that bit.

– Kusalananda
4 hours ago

1

"man does not work (too many arguments)" : story of my life :-D

– Bruno Pérel
1 hour ago

1

man only accepts one argument. woman on the other hand accepts 1-n arguments although the output might not be in the expected sequential order. It's important to not set man as an alias for woman or vice versa as it will lead to trouble. [ProTip] - Symlink the two together to spawn a detached child process.

– David
1 hour ago

|
show 8 more comments

I get this an error when trying to run man on a Linux system:

$ LC_ALL=C man man



man: Too many arguments

Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.

My man command doesn't seem to be an alias:

command -v man: /usr/bin/man

What's going on?

edited 4 hours ago

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asked 5 hours ago

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I get this an error when trying to run man on a Linux system:

$ LC_ALL=C man man



man: Too many arguments

Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.

My man command doesn't seem to be an alias:

command -v man: /usr/bin/man

What's going on?

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What is the output of "alias man" or simply "alias"?

– rbrtflr
5 hours ago

Is your man an alias? Check with type man or command -v man.

– Kusalananda
5 hours ago

1

@jayooin It's setting the default locale to the standard C locale. There is nothing strange about that bit.

– Kusalananda
4 hours ago

1

"man does not work (too many arguments)" : story of my life :-D

– Bruno Pérel
1 hour ago

1

man only accepts one argument. woman on the other hand accepts 1-n arguments although the output might not be in the expected sequential order. It's important to not set man as an alias for woman or vice versa as it will lead to trouble. [ProTip] - Symlink the two together to spawn a detached child process.

– David
1 hour ago

|
show 8 more comments

What is the output of "alias man" or simply "alias"?

– rbrtflr
5 hours ago

Is your man an alias? Check with type man or command -v man.

– Kusalananda
5 hours ago

1

@jayooin It's setting the default locale to the standard C locale. There is nothing strange about that bit.

– Kusalananda
4 hours ago

1

"man does not work (too many arguments)" : story of my life :-D

– Bruno Pérel
1 hour ago

1

man only accepts one argument. woman on the other hand accepts 1-n arguments although the output might not be in the expected sequential order. It's important to not set man as an alias for woman or vice versa as it will lead to trouble. [ProTip] - Symlink the two together to spawn a detached child process.

– David
1 hour ago

What is the output of "alias man" or simply "alias"?

– rbrtflr
5 hours ago

Is your man an alias? Check with type man or command -v man.

– Kusalananda
5 hours ago

@jayooin It's setting the default locale to the standard C locale. There is nothing strange about that bit.

– Kusalananda
4 hours ago

"man does not work (too many arguments)" : story of my life :-D

– Bruno Pérel
1 hour ago

man only accepts one argument. woman on the other hand accepts 1-n arguments although the output might not be in the expected sequential order. It's important to not set man as an alias for woman or vice versa as it will lead to trouble. [ProTip] - Symlink the two together to spawn a detached child process.

– David
1 hour ago

|
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Check the existence of MANOPT variable.

MANOPT

If $MANOPT is set, it will be parsed prior to man's command line and is expected to be in a similar format.

^source

Example:

$ MANOPT='foo bar'

$ export MANOPT

$ man man

man: Too many arguments

Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.

$

An obvious ad-hoc fix is to unset MANOPT. Then you should investigate where the variable came from.

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Thanks, that is it!

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Check the existence of MANOPT variable.

MANOPT

If $MANOPT is set, it will be parsed prior to man's command line and is expected to be in a similar format.

^source

Example:

$ MANOPT='foo bar'

$ export MANOPT

$ man man

man: Too many arguments

Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.

$

An obvious ad-hoc fix is to unset MANOPT. Then you should investigate where the variable came from.

answered 4 hours ago

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Thanks, that is it!

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Check the existence of MANOPT variable.

MANOPT

If $MANOPT is set, it will be parsed prior to man's command line and is expected to be in a similar format.

^source

Example:

$ MANOPT='foo bar'

$ export MANOPT

$ man man

man: Too many arguments

Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.

$

An obvious ad-hoc fix is to unset MANOPT. Then you should investigate where the variable came from.

answered 4 hours ago

Kamil Maciorowski

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Thanks, that is it!

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4 hours ago

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Check the existence of MANOPT variable.

MANOPT

If $MANOPT is set, it will be parsed prior to man's command line and is expected to be in a similar format.

^source

Example:

$ MANOPT='foo bar'

$ export MANOPT

$ man man

man: Too many arguments

Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.

$

An obvious ad-hoc fix is to unset MANOPT. Then you should investigate where the variable came from.

answered 4 hours ago

Kamil Maciorowski

1,4411726

Check the existence of MANOPT variable.

MANOPT

If $MANOPT is set, it will be parsed prior to man's command line and is expected to be in a similar format.

^source

Example:

$ MANOPT='foo bar'

$ export MANOPT

$ man man

man: Too many arguments

Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.

$

An obvious ad-hoc fix is to unset MANOPT. Then you should investigate where the variable came from.

answered 4 hours ago

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Thanks, that is it!

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Thanks, that is it!

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Thanks, that is it!

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