How to search C++ man pages
How many times did you try on the terminal the following command and got frustrated
$ man cout No manual entry for cout
If you have decided that there is no way you can find more about cout apart from going to web, then read the article on how to install C++ man pages?
Once you have installed the documentation, you must follow the following method to know more about the function
If you are searching about cout, you know it is part of the namespace std and defined in the header iostream. So to search for cout, you must type
$ man std::iostream
Once the man page is open, you can search for cout.
Similarly for slist related function
$ man __gnu_cxx::slist
Thus the syntax to search any c++ man page is
$ man namespace::header
Note: The man pages are generated using doxygen. You may not much elaborate description like you get for C function
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