apropos(1bsd)
apropos --
(BSD) locate commands by keyword lookup
Synopsis
/usr/ucb/apropos keyword . . .
Description
apropos finds manual pages that contain any of the given
keywords in their short descriptions.
apropos considers each word separately and is case-insensitive.
Words which are part of other words are matched;
thus, when looking for ``compile,''
apropos also finds all instances of ``compiler''.
apropos sorts its output alphabetically by command name.
apropos is equivalent to running
man(1)
with the -k option.
The system administrator can add local manual pages to the
keyword database using
makewhatis(1M).
Files
/usr/lib/scohelp/LANG/man/.SectionData/whatis/section-
individual section keyword databases
/usr/lib/scohelp/LANG/man/whatis-
master merged keyword database used by apropos
Examples
To list all the commands that have ``password'' in their description:
apropos password
To list all the commands that have either ``password'' or
``editor'' in their description:
apropos password editor
If the output of apropos begins with
file(section),
you can display the man page by entering:
man section file
For example, the command apropos search
might find the following entry:
grep, egrep (1) - search a file for a pattern
Enter man 1 grep to display the manual page for the
grep(1)
command.
References
catman(1Mbsd),
man(1),
whatis(1bsd),
whatis(4)
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004