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31.Dd December 8, 1999
32.Dt EXAMPLE 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm example
36.Nd "example command manual page"
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl abc
40.Op Fl d Ar argument
41.Ar file
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43This is an example manual page for the
44.Nm
45command.
46It is intended that this example can be used as a template
47when writing a new manual page.
48.Pp
49The options are as follows:
50.Bl -tag -width "-d Ar argument"
51.It Fl a
52Example optional
53.Fl a
54option.
55.It Fl b
56Example optional
57.Fl b
58option.
59.It Fl c
60Example optional
61.Fl c
62option.
63.It Fl d Ar argument
64Example optional
65.Fl d
66option with required argument
67.Ar argument .
68.It Ar file
69Required argument
70.Ar file .
71.El
72.Sh ENVIRONMENT
73The
74.Nm
75command ignores the
76.Ev EXAMPLE
77environment variable.
78.Sh FILES
79.Bl -tag -width "/dev/null" -compact
80.It Pa /dev/null
81Example of a file in the
82.Sx FILES
83section.
84.El
85.Sh EXIT STATUS
86.Ex -std
87.Sh EXAMPLES
88The following is an example of a typical usage
89of the
90.Nm
91command:
92.Pp
93.Dl "example -abc -d xyzzy /dev/null"
94.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
95The command may fail for one of the following reasons:
96.Bl -diag
97.It "example error message"
98An example of an error message.
99.It "another example error message."
100Self explanatory.
101.El
102.Sh COMPATIBILITY
103The
104.Nm
105command has no known compatibility issues.
106.Sh SEE ALSO
107.Xr example 3 ,
108.Xr example 4 ,
109.Xr mdoc 7 ,
110.Xr example 9
111.Rs
112.%A "A. B. Author"
113.%T "Example RFC Title"
114.%O RFC0000
115.Re
116.Rs
117.%A "A. B. Author"
118.%B "Example Book Title"
119.%O ISBN-0-000-00000-0
120.Re
121.Rs
122.%A "A. B. Author"
123.%D "January 1997"
124.%J "Example Journal Name"
125.%T "Example Article Title"
126.Re
127.Sh STANDARDS
128If the command conforms to some standard, such as
129.St -p1003.2
130or
131.St -isoC ,
132it should be noted here.
133.Sh HISTORY
134The
135.Nm
136manual page example first appeared in
137.Fx 2.2 .
138.Pp
139Some other common
140.Sx HISTORY
141section examples are:
142.Pp
143The
144.Nm
145manual page example first appeared in
146.Bx 4.4 .
147.Pp
148The
149.Nm
150manual page example first appeared in
151.At v6 .
152.Sh AUTHORS
153This
154manual page was written by
155.An Mike Pritchard Aq Mt mpp@FreeBSD.org .
156.Sh BUGS
157The actual code for this command is vaporware.
158