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 infor-
     mation. 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.

CAVEAT
     This whatis command will not display information from Reliant UNIX man
     pages. It is included for users who have BSD man pages.

FILES
     /usr/share/man/whatis
          Data base

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






























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