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.TH APROPOS 1 2/24/79
.UC
.SH NAME
apropos \- locate commands by keyword lookup
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B apropos
word ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Apropos
shows which manual sections contain instances of any of the given
keywords in their title.
Each word is considered separately and case of letters is ignored.
Words which are part of other words are considered thus looking for
compile will hit all instances of `compiler' also.
Try
.IP
apropos password
.PP
and
.IP
apropos editor
.PP
If the line starts `name(section) ...' you can do
`man section name' to get the documentation for it.
Try `apropos format' and then `man 3s printf' to get the manual
on the subroutine
.I printf.
.SH FILES
.DT
/usr/lib/whatis		data base
.SH "SEE ALSO"
makewhatis(1), man(1), whatis(1)
.SH AUTHOR
William Joy
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3c72e741 BJ	1	.TH APROPOS 1 2/24/79
	2	.UC
	3	.SH NAME
	4	apropos \- locate commands by keyword lookup
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B apropos
	7	word ...
	8	.SH DESCRIPTION
	9	.I Apropos
	10	shows which manual sections contain instances of any of the given
	11	keywords in their title.
	12	Each word is considered separately and case of letters is ignored.
	13	Words which are part of other words are considered thus looking for
	14	compile will hit all instances of `compiler' also.
	15	Try
	16	.IP
	17	apropos password
	18	.PP
	19	and
	20	.IP
	21	apropos editor
	22	.PP
	23	If the line starts `name(section) ...' you can do
	24	`man section name' to get the documentation for it.
	25	Try `apropos format' and then `man 3s printf' to get the manual
	26	on the subroutine
	27	.I printf.
	28	.SH FILES
	29	.DT
	30	/usr/lib/whatis data base
	31	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	32	makewhatis(1), man(1), whatis(1)
	33	.SH AUTHOR
	34	William Joy