---
name: "accessdb"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "man-db"
version: "2.13.1-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/accessdb"
---

# accessdb(8)

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

## 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 dependent 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/man-db/man-db/-/issues\
 https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=man-db