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9 Locate by keyword lookup

The apropos program shows which manual pages contain instances of any of the given keyword(s) in their title line.

Each word is considered separately and case of letters is ignored. Words which are part of other words are considered; when looking for `compile' , apropos will also list all instances of `compiler'.

If the line output by apropos starts `name(section) ...' you can enter man section name to get its documentation.

Apropos uses a database file `whatis.db', which is normally located in `/GG/etc/'.

9.1 apropos options

The options are as follows:

`-C'
`--config=FILE'
Use the specified file instead of the default configuration file. This permits users to configure their own manual environment. See the Configuration chapter for a description of the contents of this file.
`-M'
`--manpath=LIST'
Override the list of standard directories which man searches for manual pages. The supplied path must be a colon `:' separated list of directories. This search path may also be set using the environment variable `MANPATH'. The subdirectories to be searched, and their search order, is specified by the `_subdir' line in the man configuration file.
`-m'
`--augment=LIST'
Augment the list of standard directories which man searches for manual pages. The supplied path must be a colon `:' separated list of directories. These directories will be searched before the standard directories or the directories specified using the `-M' option or the `MANPATH' environment variable. The subdirectories to be searched, and their search order, is specified by the `_subdir' line in the man configuration file.

9.2 apropos invocation

Synopsis:

apropos [OPTIONS]... [KEYWORD]...
apropos chown


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