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 output. whatis displays only complete word matches.

keyword really is a 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)