# 2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat1/apropos.0

    APROPOS(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       APROPOS(1)

    NAME
         apropos - locate commands by keyword lookup

    SYNOPSIS
         apropos keyword ...

    DESCRIPTION
         Apropos shows which manual sections contain instances of any
         of the given keywords in their title.  Each word is con-
         sidered separately and case of letters is ignored.  Words
         which are part of other words are considered; thus, when
         looking for compile, apropos will find all instances of
         `compiler' also.  Try

    	  apropos password

         and

    	  apropos editor

         If the line starts `name(section) ...' you can do `man sec-
         tion name' to get the documentation for it.  Try `apropos
         format' and then `man 3s printf' to get the manual on the
         subroutine printf.

         Apropos is actually just the -k option to the man(1) com-
         mand.

    FILES
         /usr/man/whatis	      data base

    SEE ALSO
         man(1), whatis(1), catman(8)

    AUTHOR
         William Joy

    Printed 11/26/99	  June 5, 1986				1

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