whatis(1BSD)         (BSD System Compatibility)         whatis(1BSD)


       NAME
             whatis - (BSD) 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 information.  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.

       FILES
             /usr/share/man/whatis     data base

       REFERENCES
             man(1), catman(1M_BSD)



























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