tldr/pages/linux/mandb.md

# mandb

> Manage the pre-formatted manual page database.
> More information: <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/mandb.8.html>.

- Purge and process manual pages:

`mandb`

- Update a single entry:

`mandb --filename {{path/to/file}}`

- Create entries from scratch instead of updating:

`mandb --create`

- Only process user databases:

`mandb --user-db`

- Do not purge obsolete entries:

`mandb --no-purge`

- Check the validity of manual pages:

`mandb --test`