apropos(1BSD)        (BSD System Compatibility)        apropos(1BSD)


       NAME
             apropos - (BSD) locate commands by keyword lookup

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/ucb/apropos keyword . . .

       DESCRIPTION
             apropos shows which manual pages 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 ``file(section) . . . '' you can do ``man
             section file'' 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

       REFERENCES
             catman(1M_BSD), man(1), whatis(1BSD)












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