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APROPOS(1)		     General Commands Manual		      APROPOS(1)

NAME
     apropos, whatis -- search the whatis database

SYNOPSIS
     apropos keyword ...
     whatis keyword ...

DESCRIPTION
     apropos  searches	a set of database files containing short descriptions of
     system commands for keywords and displays the result on the  standard  out-
     put.  whatis displays only complete word matches.

RETURN VALUES
     The apropos utility exits 0 on success, and 1 if no keyword matched.

SEE ALSO
     makewhatis(1), man(1)

FreeBSD 4.4			January 15, 1991		      APROPOS(1)

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