apropos(1-ucb)          (BSD Compatibility Package)          apropos(1-ucb)

NAME
     apropos - locate commands by keyword lookup

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/ucb/apropos keyword ...

DESCRIPTION
     apropos shows which manual sections contain instances of any of the
     given keywords in their title. Each word is considered separately and
     the case of letters is ignored. Words which are part of other words
     are considered; thus, when looking for "compile", apropos will find
     all instances of "compiler" also.

     Try

          apropos password

     and

          apropos editor

     If the line starts "filename (section) ..." you can do "man section
     filename" to get the documentation for it. Try

          apropos format

     and then

          man 3s printf

     to get the manual page on the subroutine printf.

     apropos is actually just the -k option to the man(1) command.

FILES
     /usr/share/man/whatis            data base

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
















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