| 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 |