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.\" Man page for apropos an whatis
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, John W. Eaton.
.\"
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.\" License as specified in the README file that comes with the man 1.0
.\" distribution.
.\"
.\" John W. Eaton
.\" jwe@che.utexas.edu
.\" Department of Chemical Engineering
.\" The University of Texas at Austin
.\" Austin, Texas 78712
.\"
.TH apropos 1 "Jan 15, 1991"
.LO 1
.SH NAME
apropos, whatis \- search the whatis database
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI apropos
keyword ...
.BI whatis
keyword ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B apropos
searches a set of database files containing short descriptions
of system commands for keywords and displays the result on the
standard output.
.B whatis
display only complete word matches.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
man(1), makewhatis(1).