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.TH WHATIS 1 2/24/79
.UC
.SH NAME
whatis \- describe what a command is
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B whatis
name ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Whatis
looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual
section.
You can then run the 
.IR 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 I ed' to get the manual.
.SH FILES
.DT
/usr/lib/whatis	Data base
.SH "SEE ALSO"
apropos(1), makewhatis(1m)
.SH AUTHOR
William Joy
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e920bd25 BJ	1	.TH WHATIS 1 2/24/79
	2	.UC
	3	.SH NAME
	4	whatis \- describe what a command is
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B whatis
	7	name ...
	8	.SH DESCRIPTION
	9	.I Whatis
	10	looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual
	11	section.
	12	You can then run the
	13	.IR man (1)
	14	command to get more information.
	15	If the line starts `name(section) ...' you can do
	16	`man section name' to get the documentation for it.
	17	Try `whatis ed' and then you should do `man I ed' to get the manual.
	18	.SH FILES
	19	.DT
	20	/usr/lib/whatis Data base
	21	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	22	apropos(1), makewhatis(1m)
	23	.SH AUTHOR
	24	William Joy