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+.\"    @(#)apropos.1   4.1 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"
+.TH APROPOS 1 2/24/79
+.AT 3
+.SH NAME
+apropos \- locate commands by keyword lookup
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B apropos
+keyword ...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I Apropos
+shows which manual sections contain instances of any of the given
+keywords in their title.
+Each word is considered separately and case of letters is ignored.
+Words which are part of other words are considered thus looking for
+compile will hit all instances of `compiler' also.
+Try
+.IP
+apropos password
+.PP
+and
+.IP
+apropos editor
+.PP
+If the line starts `name(section) ...' you can do
+`man section name' to get the documentation for it.
+Try `apropos format' and then `man 3s printf' to get the manual
+on the subroutine
+.I printf.
+.PP
+.I Apropos
+is actually just the
+.B \-k
+option to the
+.IR man (2)
+command.
+.SH FILES
+.DT
+/usr/lib/whatis                data base
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+man(1), whatis(1), catman(8)
+.SH AUTHOR
+William Joy