redhat man page for apropos

apropos(1)						      General Commands Manual							apropos(1)

NAME
       apropos - search the whatis database for strings

SYNOPSIS
       apropos keyword ...

DESCRIPTION
       apropos searches a set of database files containing short descriptions of system commands for keywords and displays the result on the stan-
       dard output.

SEE ALSO
       whatis(1), man(1).

								   Jan 15, 1991 							apropos(1)