whatis(1)                                               whatis(1)



     NAME
          whatis - describe what a command is

     SYNOPSIS
          whatis command ...

     DESCRIPTION
          whatis looks up a given command and gives the header line
          from the manual section.  You may then run the man(1)
          command to get more information.  If the line starts with:
               name(section) ...
          you may type:
               man section name
          to get the documentation for it.  For instance, if you type:
               whatis ed
          you will see:
               ed(1)                         ed(1)
          This tells you that the section for ed is 1.  To see the
          manual entry for ed, you may then type:
               man 1 ed
          and the entire entry will be printed.

     FILES
          /usr/ucb/whatis
          /usr/lib/whatis

     SEE ALSO
          man(1), catman(1M).



























     Page 1                                        (last mod. 1/20/87)