whatis(1)               (BSD Compatibility Package)               whatis(1)


   NAME
         whatis - display a one-line summary about a keyword

   SYNOPSIS
         /usr/ucb/whatis command...

   DESCRIPTION
         whatis looks up a given command and displays the header line from the
         manual section.  You can then run the man(1) command to get more
         information.  If the line starts `name(section) ...'  you can do `man
         section  name' to get the documentation for it.  Try `whatis ed' and
         then you should do `man 1 ed' to get the manual page for ed(1).

         whatis is actually just the -f option to the man command.

   FILES
         /usr/share/man/whatis     data base

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

































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