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- APROPOS(1) APROPOS(1)
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- NAME
- apropos - find pertinent online documentation
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- SYNOPSIS
- apropos [ -P path ] [ -s section ] word...
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- DESCRIPTION
- The apropos command displays a one line synopsis of each online
- documentation file whose name or description contains a specified word
- or whose keywords listed in the whatis databases matches the specified
- word. Once you know what you are looking for, use man(1) to read the
- appropriate documentation.
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- The argument word is considered separately from each other word. The
- case of letters is ignored.
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- OPTIONS
- The following switch options are recognized:
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- -P path
- if a valid path is given, apropos searches for the databases
- there (see ENVIRONMENT).
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- -s section
- search only for items from the specified section. This should be
- a single character representing a section of the manual, i.e.,
- from the list:
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- 0123456789lno
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- EXAMPLE
- Try apropos editor and apropos disk to get a feel for what apropos
- does.
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- ENVIRONMENT
- Apropos searches for the database file in the directory contained in
- the MANPATH environment variable. Note that the -P option overrides
- this. If neither MANPATH or -P are specified, a default path of
- ``d:/usr/man'' is used.
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- NOTES
- Apropos performs a simple string search. For example, apropos man
- finds all instances of command, manipulate, mantissa, permanent, and
- so forth.
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- FILES
- MANPATH/whatis._?_ online documentation database file
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- SEE ALSO
- man(1), whatis(1), whatisin(1), whereis(1)
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- - 1 - Formatted: June 18, 1995
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- APROPOS(1) APROPOS(1)
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- AUTHOR
- Bill Rosenkranz
- rosenkra@convex.com
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- VERSION
- apropos 2.0.1 92/9/12 rosenkra
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- - 2 - Formatted: June 18, 1995
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