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.TH WHATIS 1 "May 7, 1986"
whatis \- describe what a command is
looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual section.
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 1 ed' to get the manual.
/usr/man/whatis Data base