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whatis
APROPOS(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual APROPOS(1)
NAME
apropos, whatis -- search the whatis database
SYNOPSIS
apropos keyword ...
whatis keyword ...
DESCRIPTION
apropos searches a set of database files containing short descriptions of
system commands for keywords and displays the result on the standard out-
put. whatis displays only complete word matches.
keyword really is an extended regular expression, please read grep(1)
manual page for more information about its format.
ENVIRONMENT
PATH, MANPATH, MANLOCALES
Used in finding the whatis database files. See manpath(1).
PAGER Command used to page the output. The default is more -s.
EXIT STATUS
The apropos utility exits 0 on success, and 1 if no keyword matched.
SEE ALSO
grep(1), makewhatis(1), man(1)
FreeBSD 6.2 January 15, 1991 FreeBSD 6.2
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