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)
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APROPOS(1) BSD General Commands Manual APROPOS(1)NAME
apropos, whatis -- keyword search whatis documentation databases
SYNOPSIS
apropos [-d] keyword ...
whatis [-d] keyword ...
DESCRIPTION
The apropos utility searches a set of databases looking for documentation matching each keyword and displays the results. The whatis utility
does the same search but only on complete words.
-d Print extra debugging information.
The keyword is simply passed to grep(1) allowing for extended regular expression matches.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of apropos:
MANLOCALES, MANPATH, PATH
Used to find the location of the whatis database files. See manpath(1) for additional information.
PAGER Program used to display files. If unset, more -s is used.
DIAGNOSTICS
The apropos utility exits 0 if a keyword matched and 1 if no keywords are matched or no whatis databases are found.
SEE ALSO grep(1), makewhatis(1), man(1), manpath(1), man.conf(5)BSD September 1, 2010 BSD
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