From e920bd25e98e399f21a3b94cf78a88362e0de5df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bill Joy Date: Sun, 25 Nov 1979 01:18:27 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] BSD 3 development Work on file usr/man/man1/whatis.1 Synthesized-from: 3bsd --- usr/man/man1/whatis.1 | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 usr/man/man1/whatis.1 diff --git a/usr/man/man1/whatis.1 b/usr/man/man1/whatis.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c1b827fc04 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/man/man1/whatis.1 @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +.TH WHATIS 1 2/24/79 +.UC +.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 (1) +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(1), makewhatis(1m) +.SH AUTHOR +William Joy -- 2.20.1