whatis(1) General Commands Manual whatis(1)NAMEwhatis - search the whatis database for complete words.SYNOPSISwhatis keyword ...DESCRIPTIONwhatis searches a set of database files containing short descriptions of system commands for keywords and displays the result on the stan- dard output. Only complete word matches are displayed. The whatis database is created using the command /usr/sbin/makewhatis.SEE ALSOapropos(1), man(1). Jan 5, 1991 whatis(1)
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