whatis(1)                                               whatis(1)



     NAME
          whatis - display a brief description for  the  named  manual
          page entry

     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) com-
          mand to get more information.  If the line ends 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

             red ed(1)      - text editor

          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
          apropos(1), man(1), whereis(1), which(1).
















     April, 1990                                                     1