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APROPOS(1)		  BSD 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.

     keyword really is an extended regular expression, please read grep(1)
     manual page for more information about its	format.

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

SEE ALSO
     grep(1), makewhatis(1), man(1)

BSD			       January 15, 1991				   BSD

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