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                      5: .\"    @(#)whatis.1    6.4 (Berkeley) 6/30/87
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH WHATIS 1 "June 30, 1987"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: whatis \- describe what a command is
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B whatis
                     13: [
                     14: .B -M
                     15: .I path
                     16: ]
                     17: command ...
                     18: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     19: \fIWhatis\fP looks up a given command and gives the header line from the
                     20: manual page.  You can then use the \fIman\fP(1) command to get more
                     21: information.
                     22: .PP
                     23: Normally \fIwhatis\fP checks in a standard location (/usr/man) for its
                     24: database ``whatis''.  This can be changed by supplying a \fIpath\fP (a
                     25: la the Bourne shell) with the \fB-M\fP flag.  This search path must be
                     26: a colon (``:'') separated list of directories which \fIwhatis\fP will
                     27: search for files named ``whatis''.  The path can also be set with the
                     28: environmental variable \fIMANPATH\fP.
                     29: .SH FILES
                     30: .DT
                     31: /usr/man/whatis                data base
                     32: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     33: apropos(1), man(1)

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