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NAME
whatis - Describes a command's function
SYNOPSIS
whatis [-M pathname] keyword...
The whatis command looks up a keyword, which may be a command, system
call, library function, or special filename and displays the NAME line
from the reference page. You can then issue the man command to display
additional information.
OPTIONS
Specifies an alternative search path. The search path is a list of di-
rectories, separated by : (colons), in which whatis expects to find the
standard manual subdirectories. (For more information, see the man com-
mand.)
DESCRIPTION
The whatis command is equivalent to the man command with the -f option.
EXAMPLES
To find out what function the ls command performs, enter: whatis ls
FILES
Keyword database. Creates the whatis keyword database. Used by mk-
whatis to extract keywords from the manuals.
SEE ALSO
Commands: apropos(1), man(1), catman(8)
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