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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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