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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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