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Name
       apropos - locate commands by keyword lookup

Syntax
       apropos keyword...

Description
       The  command shows which manual sections contain instances of any of the given keywords in their title.	Each word is considered separately
       and the case of letters is ignored.  Words that are part of other words are listed.  Thus, looking for the word compile hits all  instances
       of `compiler' also.

       If the line starts `name(section) ...' you can do `man section name' to get the documentation for it.  The following command line lists all
       commands that have to do with formatting:
       apropos format

       To then access the reference page for the printf subroutine that you see listed, type:
       man 3s printf

       The command is actually just the -k option to the command.

Files
       /usr/lib/whatis		data base

See Also
       man(1), whatis(1), catman(8)

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NAME

       apropos - locate commands by keyword lookup

SYNOPSIS

       apropos keyword...

DESCRIPTION

       The apropos utility displays the man page name, section number, and a short description for each man page whose NAME line contains keyword.
       This information is contained in the /usr/share/man/windex database created by catman(1M). If catman(1M) was not run, or was run  with  the
       -n  option,  apropos  fails. Each word is considered separately and the case of letters is ignored. Words which are part of other words are
       considered; for example, when looking for `compile', apropos finds all instances of `compiler' also.

       apropos is actually just the -k option to the man(1) command.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: To find a man page whose NAME line contains a keyword

       Try

       example% apropos password

       and

       example% apropos editor

       If the line starts `filename(section) ...' you can run

       man -s section filename
       to display the man page for filename.

       Example 2: To find the man page for the subroutine printf()

       Try

       example% apropos format

       and then

       example% man -s 3s printf

       to get the manual page on the subroutine printf().

FILES

       /usr/share/man/windex	       table of contents and keyword database

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWdoc			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI			     |Enabled			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       man(1), whatis(1), catman(1M), attributes(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

       /usr/share/man/windex: No such file or directory

	   This database does not exist. catman(1M) must be run to create it.

SunOS 5.10							    20 Dec 1996 							apropos(1)