whatis(1) [osf1 man page]

whatis(1)						      General Commands Manual							 whatis(1)

NAME

       whatis - Describes a command's function

SYNOPSIS

       whatis [-M pathname] keyword...

       The  whatis  command  looks  up a keyword, which may be a command, system call, library function, or special filename and displays the NAME
       line from the reference page.  You can then issue the man command to display additional information.

OPTIONS

       Specifies an alternative search path.  The search path is a list of directories, separated by : (colons), in which whatis expects  to  find
       the standard manual subdirectories. (For more information, see the man command.)

DESCRIPTION

       The whatis command is equivalent to the man command with the -f option.

EXAMPLES

       To find out what function the ls command performs, enter: whatis ls

FILES

       Keyword database.  Creates the whatis keyword database.	Used by mkwhatis to extract keywords from the manuals.

SEE ALSO

       Commands:  apropos(1), man(1), catman(8)

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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)

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