whatis(1) General Commands Manual whatis(1)
Name
whatis - display command description
Syntax
whatis command...
Description
The command looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual section. You can then run the command to get more informa-
tion. If the line starts ``name(section) ...'' you can do ``man section name'' to get the documentation for it. Try ``whatis ed'' and
then you should do ``man 1 ed'' to get the manual.
The command is actually just the -f option to the command.
Files
/usr/lib/whatis Data base
See Also
man(1), catman(8)
whatis(1)
