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+.\"                                      Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
+.TH GETPCAPS 8 "2001-05-29"
+.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
+.SH NAME
+getpcaps \- display process capabilities
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B getpcaps
+.IR pid ...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B getpcaps
+displays the capabilities on the processes indicated by the
+.I pid
+value(s) given on the commandline. The capabilities
+are displayed in the
+.BR cap_from_text (3)
+format.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR execcap (8).
+.br
+.SH AUTHOR
+This manual page was written by Robert Bihlmeyer <robbe@debian.org>,
+for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
+