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man -p $MYAPP_HOME/man WhateverIWantToSearchString
But I just don't want to keep typing. I want to have a shell script that would be called myman.sh and then I can just pass the "WhateverIWantToSearchString".
Why don't you just put those man files in with the rest? Or else put all those man files in a single man folder in your home directory and include it in a manpath set in your .bash_profile ?
having separate myman script, prevents man page conflicts. How do you write a simple script the take command arguments and append it? This should be one liner.
I forgot to mention, once the little script is written, you must ensure it has execute priviledges and accessible from your system PATH, unless your are ready to specify the path to it each time...
usage:
myman <file to view>
NOTE: You do NOT have to specify the PATH to the file, as it is defined by the mpath, or whatever you name it variable... Just type if the file you want to view, and voila, it's there...
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