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Read the Friendly Manual

Open Unix Manual Pages

Version 2024.2 by Alfred Team

This workflow requires Alfred 5.5.

Usage

Search installed manual pages via the man keyword.

Searchign for manual pages

  • Open in primary viewer.
  • Open in secondary viewer.

The viewer app set in the Workflow’s Configuration determines the generated format:

  • Alfred Text View: ASCII text.
  • Alfred PDF View: PDF.
  • PDF App: PDF.
  • Quick Look: HTML.
  • Web Browser: HTML.
  • Terminal: Standard view.

When viewing in Alfred, opens the alternative viewer.

Text View in Alfred

PDF View in Alfred