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User Commands apropos(1)
NAME
apropos - locate commands by keyword lookup
SYNOPSIS
apropos keyword...
DESCRIPTION
The apropos utility displays the man page name, section
number, and a short description for each man page whose NAME
line contains keyword. This information is contained in the
/usr/share/man/windex database created by catman(1M). If
catman(1M) was not run, or was run with the -n option, apro-
pos fails. Each word is considered separately and the case
of letters is ignored. Words which are part of other words
are considered; for example, when looking for `compile',
apropos finds all instances of `compiler' also.
apropos is actually just the -k option to the man(1) com-
mand.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: To find a man page whose NAME line contains a
keyword
Try
example% apropos password
and
example% apropos editor
If the line starts `filename(section) ...' you can run
man -s section filename
to display the man page for filename.
Example 2: To find the man page for the subroutine printf()
Try
example% apropos format
and then
example% man -s 3s printf
to get the manual page on the subroutine printf().
FILES
/usr/share/man/windex table of contents and key-
word database
SunOS 5.10 Last change: 20 Dec 1996 1
User Commands apropos(1)
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWdoc |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| CSI | Enabled |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
man(1), whatis(1), catman(1M), attributes(5)
DIAGNOSTICS
/usr/share/man/windex: No such file or directory
This database does not exist. catman(1M) must be run to
create it.
SunOS 5.10 Last change: 20 Dec 1996 2
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