On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Evan Root <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think that this post on stack exchange presents my question better.. the
> answers are all pretty short and non-committal though.
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8716047/is-there-a-specification-for-a-man-pages-synopsis-section

the best answer is included in that stack exchange submission

POSIX.1-2008 Chapter 12 "Utility Conventions" describes the syntax of
the SYNOPSIS sections for utilities, which is what you're looking for

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