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apropos



PURPOSE

Shows which manual sections contain keywords.

SYNTAX


apropos --- keyword ---|
         ^           |
         +-----------+


Note:  This command does not have MBCS support.

DESCRIPTION

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

The apropos command behaves identically to the man command with the -k flag.

EXAMPLES

  1. The following command locates all manual pages that contain "password" in
    the title.

      apropos password

  2. The following example lists all manual titles containing "format".  Once
    the desired manual page has been listed, the user can view the
    documentation by entering the man command with the proper section (3s) and
    subroutine (printf).

      apropos format
      man 3s printf

FILES

/usr/man/whatis   Data base that apropos searches.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "man," "whatis" and "catman."




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