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.\" Man page for whatis
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, John W. Eaton.
.\"
.\" You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public
.\" License as specified in the README file that comes with the man 1.0
.\" distribution.  
.\"
.\" John W. Eaton
.\" jwe@che.utexas.edu
.\" Department of Chemical Engineering
.\" The University of Texas at Austin
.\" Austin, Texas  78712
.\"
.TH whatis 1 "Jan 5, 1991"
.LO 1
.SH NAME
whatis \- search the whatis database for complete words.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI whatis
keyword ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
whatis searches a set of database files containing short descriptions
of system commands for keywords and displays the result on the
standard output.  Only complete word matches are displayed.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
apropos(1), man(1).
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00ba3d1d JH	1	.\" Man page for whatis
	2	.\"
	3	.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, John W. Eaton.
	4	.\"
	5	.\" You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public
	6	.\" License as specified in the README file that comes with the man 1.0
	7	.\" distribution.
	8	.\"
	9	.\" John W. Eaton
	10	.\" jwe@che.utexas.edu
	11	.\" Department of Chemical Engineering
	12	.\" The University of Texas at Austin
	13	.\" Austin, Texas 78712
	14	.\"
	15	.TH whatis 1 "Jan 5, 1991"
	16	.LO 1
	17	.SH NAME
	18	whatis \- search the whatis database for complete words.
	19	.SH SYNOPSIS
	20	.BI whatis
	21	keyword ...
	22	.SH DESCRIPTION
	23	whatis searches a set of database files containing short descriptions
	24	of system commands for keywords and displays the result on the
	25	standard output. Only complete word matches are displayed.
	26	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	27	apropos(1), man(1).