whatis(1)          UNIX System V(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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