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.TH WHATIS UCB 2/24/79 UCB
.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 (UCB)
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(UCB), makewhatis(UCB)
.SH AUTHOR
Bill Joy
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eeb91390 BJ	1	.TH WHATIS UCB 2/24/79 UCB
	2	.SH NAME
	3	whatis \- describe what a command is
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B whatis
	6	name ...
	7	.SH DESCRIPTION
	8	.I Whatis
	9	looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual
	10	section.
	11	You can then run the
	12	.IR man (UCB)
	13	command to get more information.
	14	If the line starts `name(section) ...' you can do
	15	`man section name' to get the documentation for it.
	16	Try `whatis ed' and then you should do `man I ed' to get the manual.
	17	.SH FILES
	18	.DT
	19	/usr/lib/whatis Data base
	20	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	21	apropos(UCB), makewhatis(UCB)
	22	.SH AUTHOR
	23	Bill Joy