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1.1     ! root        1: .TH APROPOS 1 "24 February 1979"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: apropos \- locate commands by keyword lookup
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B apropos
        !             6: keyword ...
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Apropos
        !             9: shows which manual sections contain instances of any of the given
        !            10: keywords in their title.
        !            11: Each word is considered separately and case of letters is ignored.
        !            12: Words which are part of other words are considered thus looking for
        !            13: compile will hit all instances of `compiler' also.
        !            14: Try
        !            15: .IP
        !            16: apropos password
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: and
        !            19: .IP
        !            20: apropos editor
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: If the line starts `name(section) ...' you can do
        !            23: `man section name' to get the documentation for it.
        !            24: Try `apropos format' and then `man 3s printf' to get the manual
        !            25: on the subroutine
        !            26: .I printf.
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: .I Apropos
        !            29: is actually just the
        !            30: .B \-k
        !            31: option to the
        !            32: .IR man (1)
        !            33: command.
        !            34: .SH FILES
        !            35: .DT
        !            36: /usr/lib/whatis                data base
        !            37: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            38: man(1), whatis(1), catman(8)
        !            39: .SH AUTHOR
        !            40: William Joy

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