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I get this an error when trying to run man on a Linux system:



$ LC_ALL=C man man

man: Too many arguments
Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.


My man command doesn't seem to be an alias:



command -v man: /usr/bin/man 


What's going on?










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  • What is the output of "alias man" or simply "alias"?

    – rbrtflr
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  • Is your man an alias? Check with type man or command -v man.

    – Kusalananda
    1 hour ago











  • alias ll='ls -l --color=auto |grep ''' -'''' alias ls='ls --color=auto'

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  • command -v man: /usr/bin/man

    – NeedHelp
    1 hour ago






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    @jayooin It's setting the default locale to the standard C locale. There is nothing strange about that bit.

    – Kusalananda
    1 hour ago
















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I get this an error when trying to run man on a Linux system:



$ LC_ALL=C man man

man: Too many arguments
Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.


My man command doesn't seem to be an alias:



command -v man: /usr/bin/man 


What's going on?










share|improve this question









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  • What is the output of "alias man" or simply "alias"?

    – rbrtflr
    1 hour ago











  • Is your man an alias? Check with type man or command -v man.

    – Kusalananda
    1 hour ago











  • alias ll='ls -l --color=auto |grep ''' -'''' alias ls='ls --color=auto'

    – NeedHelp
    1 hour ago













  • command -v man: /usr/bin/man

    – NeedHelp
    1 hour ago






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    @jayooin It's setting the default locale to the standard C locale. There is nothing strange about that bit.

    – Kusalananda
    1 hour ago














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I get this an error when trying to run man on a Linux system:



$ LC_ALL=C man man

man: Too many arguments
Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.


My man command doesn't seem to be an alias:



command -v man: /usr/bin/man 


What's going on?










share|improve this question









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I get this an error when trying to run man on a Linux system:



$ LC_ALL=C man man

man: Too many arguments
Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.


My man command doesn't seem to be an alias:



command -v man: /usr/bin/man 


What's going on?







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  • What is the output of "alias man" or simply "alias"?

    – rbrtflr
    1 hour ago











  • Is your man an alias? Check with type man or command -v man.

    – Kusalananda
    1 hour ago











  • alias ll='ls -l --color=auto |grep ''' -'''' alias ls='ls --color=auto'

    – NeedHelp
    1 hour ago













  • command -v man: /usr/bin/man

    – NeedHelp
    1 hour ago






  • 1





    @jayooin It's setting the default locale to the standard C locale. There is nothing strange about that bit.

    – Kusalananda
    1 hour ago



















  • What is the output of "alias man" or simply "alias"?

    – rbrtflr
    1 hour ago











  • Is your man an alias? Check with type man or command -v man.

    – Kusalananda
    1 hour ago











  • alias ll='ls -l --color=auto |grep ''' -'''' alias ls='ls --color=auto'

    – NeedHelp
    1 hour ago













  • command -v man: /usr/bin/man

    – NeedHelp
    1 hour ago






  • 1





    @jayooin It's setting the default locale to the standard C locale. There is nothing strange about that bit.

    – Kusalananda
    1 hour ago

















What is the output of "alias man" or simply "alias"?

– rbrtflr
1 hour ago





What is the output of "alias man" or simply "alias"?

– rbrtflr
1 hour ago













Is your man an alias? Check with type man or command -v man.

– Kusalananda
1 hour ago





Is your man an alias? Check with type man or command -v man.

– Kusalananda
1 hour ago













alias ll='ls -l --color=auto |grep ''' -'''' alias ls='ls --color=auto'

– NeedHelp
1 hour ago







alias ll='ls -l --color=auto |grep ''' -'''' alias ls='ls --color=auto'

– NeedHelp
1 hour ago















command -v man: /usr/bin/man

– NeedHelp
1 hour ago





command -v man: /usr/bin/man

– NeedHelp
1 hour ago




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1





@jayooin It's setting the default locale to the standard C locale. There is nothing strange about that bit.

– Kusalananda
1 hour ago





@jayooin It's setting the default locale to the standard C locale. There is nothing strange about that bit.

– Kusalananda
1 hour ago










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Check the existence of MANOPT variable.




MANOPT

If $MANOPT is set, it will be parsed prior to man's command line and is expected to be in a similar format.




source



Example:



$ MANOPT='foo bar'
$ export MANOPT
$ man man
man: Too many arguments
Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.
$


An obvious ad-hoc fix is to unset MANOPT. Then you should investigate where the variable came from.






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Check the existence of MANOPT variable.




MANOPT

If $MANOPT is set, it will be parsed prior to man's command line and is expected to be in a similar format.




source



Example:



$ MANOPT='foo bar'
$ export MANOPT
$ man man
man: Too many arguments
Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.
$


An obvious ad-hoc fix is to unset MANOPT. Then you should investigate where the variable came from.






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Check the existence of MANOPT variable.




MANOPT

If $MANOPT is set, it will be parsed prior to man's command line and is expected to be in a similar format.




source



Example:



$ MANOPT='foo bar'
$ export MANOPT
$ man man
man: Too many arguments
Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.
$


An obvious ad-hoc fix is to unset MANOPT. Then you should investigate where the variable came from.






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Check the existence of MANOPT variable.




MANOPT

If $MANOPT is set, it will be parsed prior to man's command line and is expected to be in a similar format.




source



Example:



$ MANOPT='foo bar'
$ export MANOPT
$ man man
man: Too many arguments
Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.
$


An obvious ad-hoc fix is to unset MANOPT. Then you should investigate where the variable came from.






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Check the existence of MANOPT variable.




MANOPT

If $MANOPT is set, it will be parsed prior to man's command line and is expected to be in a similar format.




source



Example:



$ MANOPT='foo bar'
$ export MANOPT
$ man man
man: Too many arguments
Try 'man --help' or 'man --usage' for more information.
$


An obvious ad-hoc fix is to unset MANOPT. Then you should investigate where the variable came from.







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