whatis(1) whatis(1)
NAME
whatis - search the whatis database for complete words.
SYNOPSIS
whatis keyword ...
DESCRIPTION
whatis searches a set of database files containing short descriptions of system
commands for keywords and displays the result on the standard output. Only com-
plete word matches are displayed.
The whatis database is created using the command /usr/sbin/makewhatis.
AUTHOR
John W. Eaton was the original author of man. Zeyd M. Ben-Halim released man 1.2,
and Andries Brouwer followed up with versions 1.3 thru 1.5p. Federico Lucifredi
<flucifredi AT acm.org> is the current maintainer.
SEE ALSO
apropos(1), man(1).
September 19, 2005 whatis(1)
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