ultrix man page for whatis

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)

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