MKAPROPOS(1) MKAPROPOS(1)
NAME
mkapropos - create apropos list of manpage descriptions
SYNOPSIS
mkapropos [file ...] [directory ...]
DESCRIPTION
mkapropos prints a one-line description per manpage on
standard output. Typically, the output is redirected
to a file that can be searched for keyword strings.
mkapropos searches manpage files for the descriptive
text. It assumes the manpage is formatted, but the
manpage file may be in either packed (*.z) or unpacked
form.
The description is the text of the Name section of the
manpage. The description section is delimited by the
keyword NAME at the beginning of the section and by a
blank line preceding the next manpage section.
mkapropos filters out newlines found in the Name
section to produce the one-line format, so that a
simple grep(1) search can find all the information
associated with a given manpage.
If no command line arguments are given, mkapropos
recursively searches for manpages in the directory
/usr/catman.
Either manpage filenames or directory names may be
given as arguments. If individual filenames are given,
only the specified files will be searched. If
directory names are given, mkapropos will recursively
search those directories instead of the default
/usr/catman.
SEE ALSO
man(1), xman(1), grep(1)
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