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.TH APROPOS 1 "24 February 1979"
.SH NAME
apropos \- locate commands by keyword lookup
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B apropos
keyword ...
.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.
.PP
.I Apropos
is actually just the
.B \-k
option to the
.IR man (1)
command.
.SH FILES
.DT
/usr/lib/whatis		data base
.SH "SEE ALSO"
man(1), whatis(1), catman(8)
.SH AUTHOR
William Joy
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7c43d180 C	1	.TH APROPOS 1 "24 February 1979"
	2	.SH NAME
	3	apropos \- locate commands by keyword lookup
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B apropos
	6	keyword ...
	7	.SH DESCRIPTION
	8	.I Apropos
	9	shows which manual sections contain instances of any of the given
	10	keywords in their title.
	11	Each word is considered separately and case of letters is ignored.
	12	Words which are part of other words are considered thus looking for
	13	compile will hit all instances of `compiler' also.
	14	Try
	15	.IP
	16	apropos password
	17	.PP
	18	and
	19	.IP
	20	apropos editor
	21	.PP
	22	If the line starts `name(section) ...' you can do
	23	`man section name' to get the documentation for it.
	24	Try `apropos format' and then `man 3s printf' to get the manual
	25	on the subroutine
	26	.I printf.
	27	.PP
	28	.I Apropos
	29	is actually just the
	30	.B \-k
	31	option to the
	32	.IR man (1)
	33	command.
	34	.SH FILES
	35	.DT
	36	/usr/lib/whatis data base
	37	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	38	man(1), whatis(1), catman(8)
	39	.SH AUTHOR
	40	William Joy