# phpman > man > accessdb(8)

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## NAME
       accessdb - dumps the content of a man-db database in a human readable format

## SYNOPSIS
       **/usr/sbin/accessdb** [**-d?V**] [_<index-file>_]

## DESCRIPTION
       **accessdb**  will  output  the data contained within a man-db database in a human readable form.
       By default, it will dump the data from **/var/cache/man/index.<db-type>,** where <db-type> is de‐
       pendent on the database library in use.

       Supplying an argument to accessdb will override this default.

## OPTIONS
### -d --debug
              Print debugging information.

       **-?**, **--help**
              Print a help message and exit.

### --usage
              Print a short usage message and exit.

### -V --version
              Display version information.

## AUTHOR
       Wilf. (<G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk>).
       Fabrizio Polacco (<fpolacco@debian.org>).
       Colin Watson (<cjwatson@debian.org>).

## BUGS
       <https://gitlab.com/cjwatson/man-db/-/issues>
       <https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=man-db>



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