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74 lines
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<TITLE>whatis(1)</TITLE>
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<H1>whatis(1)</H1>
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<PRE>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
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whatis, apropos - give single line descriptions for manual pages
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>whatis</STRONG> [<STRONG>-a</STRONG>] <EM>title</EM>
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<STRONG>apropos</STRONG> <EM>keyword</EM>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>Whatis</STRONG> lists the one line description from the <STRONG><A HREF="../man5/whatis.5.html">whatis(5)</A></STRONG> database
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describing the title given. It displays all the lines with the title
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from the first whatis file that has those titles. It uses the same
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search path as <STRONG><A HREF="../man1/man.1.html">man(1)</A></STRONG>.
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<STRONG>Apropos</STRONG> searches through all whatis files for the given keywords. It
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lists any line that has the keyword anywhere on the line.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>-a</STRONG> Search all whatis files.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG><A HREF="../man1/man.1.html">man(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man1/grep.1.html">grep(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man5/whatis.5.html">whatis(5)</A></STRONG>.
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2><PRE>
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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