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1.1     ! root        1: .TH WHATIS 1 "18 January 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: whatis \- describe what a command is
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B whatis
        !             7: command ...
        !             8: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             9: .I Whatis
        !            10: looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual section.
        !            11: You can then run the 
        !            12: .IR man (1)
        !            13: command to get more information.
        !            14: If the line starts `name(section) ...' you can do
        !            15: `man section name' to get the documentation for it.
        !            16: Try `whatis ed' and then you should do `man 1 ed' to get the manual.
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: .I Whatis
        !            19: is actually just the
        !            20: .B \-f
        !            21: option to the
        !            22: .IR man (1)
        !            23: command.
        !            24: .SH FILES
        !            25: .DT
        !            26: /usr/lib/whatis        Data base
        !            27: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            28: man(1), catman(8)
        !            29: .SH AUTHOR
        !            30: William Joy

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