{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "accessdb",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/accessdb/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-07T14:35:14Z",
    "synopsis": "/usr/sbin/accessdb [-d?V] [<index-file>]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "accessdb - dumps the content of a man-db database in a human readable format\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "/usr/sbin/accessdb [-d?V] [<index-file>]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "accessdb  will  output  the data contained within a man-db database in a human readable form.\nBy default, it will dump the data from /var/cache/man/index.<db-type>, where <db-type> is de‐\npendent on the database library in use.\n\nSupplying an argument to accessdb will override this default.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-d --debug",
                    "content": "Print debugging information.\n\n-?, --help\nPrint a help message and exit.\n",
                    "flag": "-d",
                    "long": "--debug"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--usage",
                    "content": "Print a short usage message and exit.\n",
                    "long": "--usage"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-V --version",
                    "content": "Display version information.\n",
                    "flag": "-V",
                    "long": "--version"
                }
            ]
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Wilf. (G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk).\nFabrizio Polacco (fpolacco@debian.org).\nColin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org).\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "BUGS": {
            "content": "https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db/-/issues\nhttps://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=man-db\n\n2.12.0                                       2023-09-23                                  ACCESSDB(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "accessdb - dumps the content of a man-db database in a human readable format",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-d",
            "long": "--debug",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Print debugging information. -?, --help Print a help message and exit."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--usage",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Print a short usage message and exit."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-V",
            "long": "--version",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Display version information."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}