whatis(1)                      DG/UX R4.11MU05                     whatis(1)


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

SYNOPSIS
       whatis topic ...

   where:
       topic   A man page name to identify

DESCRIPTION
       whatis looks up a given topic in the whatis database and displays the
       NAME line associated with the manual entry.  You can then run the
       man(1) command to get more information.  If a whatis output line
       starts with filename(section[x]), where section is a digit and x is a
       lowercase letter, you can enter the following command to get the
       documentation for it:

              man section filename

EXAMPLES
       To find out what information is available on the topic passwd, and
       then display the documentation directly concerning the ``password
       file'':

       whatis passwd

            followed by

       man 4 passwd

FILES
       /usr/catman/?man/whatis  Table of contents data bases

SEE ALSO
       man(1), apropos(1).

NOTES
       whatis is actually just the -f option to the man(1) command.


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