33 lines
693 B
Groff
33 lines
693 B
Groff
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.TH WHATIS 1
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.SH NAME
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whatis, apropos \- give single line descriptions for manual pages
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B whatis
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.RB [ \-a ]
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.I title
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.br
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.B apropos
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.I keyword
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Whatis
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lists the one line description from the
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.BR whatis (5)
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database describing the title given. It displays all the lines with
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the title from the first whatis file that has those titles. It uses the
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same search path as
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.BR man (1).
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.PP
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.B Apropos
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searches through all whatis files for the given keywords. It lists any
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line that has the keyword anywhere on the line.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-a
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Search all whatis files.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR man (1),
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.BR grep (1),
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.BR whatis (5).
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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