The argument enter on the command line is a first and last name ( for example: "John Smith").
If the argument is a validly formatted name, you display The "name enter" is valid to standard out.
If the argument is not a validly formated name, you display The "name enter" is not valid to standard out
For Example,
$ valid_name "John Smith" John Smith is valid =========
$ valid_name "John smith" John smith is not valid =========
$ valid_name "John" John is not valid
==========
$ valid_name "jOhn Smith" jOhn Smith is not valid ===========
$ valid_name "John sMith" John sMith is not valid
This is what I have so far:
I need to use grep or sed somehow right? I cannot figure this out for the life of me.
Please help.
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
apropos
apropos(1) General Commands Manual apropos(1)NAME
apropos - Locates reference pages by keyword
SYNOPSIS
apropos keyword...
The apropos command shows which reference pages contain instances of any of the given keywords in their purpose lines.
OPTIONS
Specifies the word(s) for which apropos should search.
DESCRIPTION
In looking for keywords, apropos considers each word separately and ignores the case of letters. Words that are part of other words are
also considered; thus, when looking for the word compile, apropos will also find all instances of compiler.
If the output of the apropos command begins with a name and reference section number, you can enter man section name. For example, if the
output of the apropos command is make(1u), you can enter man 1u make to obtain the reference page on System V version of the make command.
The apropos command works just like the man command with the -k option.
EXAMPLES
To find reference pages with the keyword password in the purpose line, enter: apropos password
FILES
Keyword database.
SEE ALSO
Commands: man(1), whatis(1), catman(8)apropos(1)