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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
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        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)apropos.1   6.5 (Berkeley) 6/30/87
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH APROPOS 1 "June 30, 1987"
        !             8: .AT 3
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: apropos \- locate commands by keyword lookup
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B apropos
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B -M
        !            15: .I path
        !            16: ]
        !            17: keyword ...
        !            18: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            19: \fIApropos\fP shows which manual pages contain instances of any of the given
        !            20: \fIkeyword\fP(s) in their title line.  Each word is considered separately
        !            21: and case of letters is ignored.  Words which are part of other words are
        !            22: considered; when looking for compile, \fIapropos\fP will also find all
        !            23: instances of ``compiler''.
        !            24: .PP
        !            25: If the line output by \fIapropos\fP starts ``name(section) ...'' you can
        !            26: enter ``man section name'' to get its documentation.
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: Normally \fIapropos\fP checks in a standard location (/usr/man) for its
        !            29: database ``whatis''.  This can be changed by supplying a \fIpath\fP (a
        !            30: la the Bourne shell) with the \fB-M\fP flag.  This search path must be
        !            31: a colon (``:'') separated list of directories which \fIapropos\fP will
        !            32: search for files named ``whatis''.  The path can also be set with the
        !            33: environmental variable \fIMANPATH\fP.
        !            34: .SH FILES
        !            35: .DT
        !            36: /usr/man/whatis                data base
        !            37: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            38: man(1), whatis(1)

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