WHATIS(1,C)                 AIX Commands Reference                  WHATIS(1,C)



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whatis



PURPOSE

Describes a command.

SYNTAX


whatis --- command ---|


DESCRIPTION

The whatis command looks up a given command and displays the header line from
the manual section.  You can then run the man command to get more information.
If the header line starts name(section), you can enter "man section name" to
get the documentation for it.  For example, entering "whatis ed" displays the
header line for the ed command; entering "man ed" displays the manual page.

Note:  The whatis command is the same as using the man command with the -f
       option.

FILES

/usr/man/whatis   Data base.

RELATED INFORMATION

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






















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