LOCATE(1)                                               LOCATE(1)



     NAME
          locate - identify a UNIX system command using keywords

     SYNOPSIS
          [ help ] locate
          [ help ] locate [ keyword1 [ keyword2 ] ... ]

     DESCRIPTION
          The locate command is part of the UNIX system Help Facility,
          and provides on-line assistance with identifying UNIX system
          commands.

          Without arguments, the initial locate screen is displayed
          from which the user may enter keywords functionally related
          to the action of the desired UNIX system commands they wish
          to have identified.  A user may enter keywords and receive a
          list of UNIX system commands whose functional attributes
          match those in the keyword list, or may exit to the shell by
          typing q (for "quit").  For example, if you wish to print
          the contents of a file, enter the keywords "print" and
          "file".  The locate command would then print the names of
          all commands related to these keywords.

          Keywords may also be entered directly from the shell, as
          shown above.  In this case, the initial screen is not
          displayed, and the resulting command list is printed.

          More detailed information on a command in the list produced
          by locate can be obtained by accessing the usage module of
          the UNIX system Help Facility.  Access is made by entering
          the appropriate menu choice after the command list is
          displayed.

          From any screen in the Help Facility, a user may execute a
          command via the shell (sh(1)) by typing a ! and the command
          to be executed.  The screen will be redrawn if the command
          that was executed was entered at a first level prompt.  If
          entered at any other prompt level, only the prompt will be
          redrawn.

          By default, the Help Facility scrolls the data that is
          presented to the user.  If you prefer to have the screen
          clear before printing the data (non-scrolling), the shell
          variable SCROLL must be set to no and exported so it will
          become part of your environment.  This is done by adding the
          following line to your .profile file (see profile(4)):
          ``export SCROLL ; SCROLL=no''.  If you later decide that
          scrolling is desired, SCROLL must be set to yes.

          Information on each of the Help Facility commands (starter,
          locate, usage, glossary, and help) is located on their
          respective manual pages.



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     SEE ALSO
          glossary(1), help(1), sh(1), starter(1), usage(1).
          term(5) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.

     WARNINGS
          If the shell variable TERM (see sh(1)) is not set in the
          user's .profile file, then TERM will default to the terminal
          value type 450 (a hard-copy terminal).  For a list of valid
          terminal types, refer to term(5).

     ORIGIN
          AT&T V.3











































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