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        !            19: .\"     @(#)whatis.1   6.7 (Berkeley) 6/24/90
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        !            21: .TH WHATIS 1 "%Q"
        !            22: .UC 4
        !            23: .SH NAME
        !            24: whatis \- describe what a command is
        !            25: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            26: .nf
        !            27: .ft B
        !            28: whatis [-M path] [-m path] command ...
        !            29: .ft R
        !            30: .fi
        !            31: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            32: .I Whatis
        !            33: looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual page.
        !            34: You can then use the
        !            35: .IR man (1)
        !            36: command to get more information.
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: The options are as follows:
        !            39: .TP
        !            40: .I M
        !            41: Override the list of standard directories where
        !            42: .I whatis
        !            43: searches for its database named ``whatis.db''.
        !            44: The supplied
        !            45: .I path
        !            46: must be a colon (``:'') separated list of directories.
        !            47: This search path may also be set using the environment variable
        !            48: .IR MANPATH .
        !            49: .TP
        !            50: .I m
        !            51: Augment the list of standard directories where
        !            52: .I whatis
        !            53: searches for its database named ``whatis.db''.
        !            54: The supplied
        !            55: .I path
        !            56: must be a colon (``:'') separated list of directories.
        !            57: These directories will be searched before the standard directories
        !            58: or the directories supplied with the
        !            59: .I M
        !            60: option or the
        !            61: .I MANPATH
        !            62: environment variable are searched.
        !            63: .SH ENVIRONMENT
        !            64: .TP
        !            65: .I MANPATH
        !            66: The standard search path used by
        !            67: .I man
        !            68: may be overridden by specifying a path in the
        !            69: .I MANPATH
        !            70: environment variable.
        !            71: The format of the path is a colon (``:'') separated list of directories.
        !            72: .SH FILES
        !            73: whatis.db              name of the whatis database
        !            74: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            75: apropos(1), man(1), whereis(1)

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