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+.\" Manpage begin.
+.\" Contact mik@elnord.in to correct errors or typos.
+.TH man 1 "27 January 2013" "1.0" "begin man page"
+.SH NAME
+begin \- an output modifier
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+begin PATTERN [FILE]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+begin is an outputmodifer. It works by searching a file (or std out) for a user supplied pattern and then outputs all lines starting from the first line that matches the pattern. A pattern is a simple textstring or a regular expression as defined by Boost xpressive header only library. Check out http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_41_0/doc/html/xpressive/user_s_guide.html for more information on how to build ypur regular expression. 
+.SH OPTIONS
+begin does not take any options.
+.SH EXAMPLE USAGE
+begin "Jan 2[6-7]" /var/log/daemon.log
+
+cat /var/log/daemon.log | begin "Jan 2[6-7]" 
+.SH SEE ALSO
+grep(1)
+.SH BUGS
+No known bugs.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Mikael Nordin (mik@elnord.in)