.TH WHATIS UCB 2/24/79 UCB
whatis \- describe what a command is
looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual
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.
/usr/lib/whatis Data base
apropos(UCB), makewhatis(UCB)