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          --- old/usr/src/man/man1/whatis.1
          +++ new/usr/src/man/man1/whatis.1
   1      -'\" te
   2      -.\" Copyright (c) 1992, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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   6      -.TH WHATIS 1 "Sep 14, 1992"
   7      -.SH NAME
   8      -whatis \- display a one-line summary about a keyword
   9      -.SH SYNOPSIS
  10      -.LP
  11      -.nf
  12      -\fBwhatis\fR \fIcommand\fR...
  13      -.fi
  14      -
  15      -.SH DESCRIPTION
  16      -.sp
  17      -.LP
  18      -\fBwhatis\fR looks up a given \fIcommand\fR and displays the header line from
  19      -the manual section. You can then run the \fBman\fR(1) command to get more
  20      -information. If the line starts \fBname(\fIsection\fR)\fR.\|.\|. you can do
  21      -\fBman\fR \fB-s\fR\fB\fIsection\fR name\fR to get the documentation for it.
  22      -Try \fBwhatis ed\fR and then you should do \fBman\fR \fB-s\fR \fB1 ed\fR to get
  23      -the manual page for \fBed\fR(1).
  24      -.sp
  25      -.LP
  26      -\fBwhatis\fR is actually just the \fB-f\fR option to the \fBman\fR(1) command.
  27      -.sp
  28      -.LP
  29      -\fBwhatis\fR uses the \fB/usr/share/man/windex\fR database.  This database is
  30      -created by \fBcatman\fR(1M). If this database does not exist, \fBwhatis\fR will
  31      -fail.
  32      -.SH FILES
  33      -.sp
  34      -.ne 2
  35      -.na
  36      -\fB\fB/usr/share/man/windex\fR\fR
  37      -.ad
  38      -.RS 25n
  39      -Table of contents and keyword database
  40      -.RE
  41      -
  42      -.SH ATTRIBUTES
  43      -.sp
  44      -.LP
  45      -See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
  46      -.sp
  47      -
  48      -.sp
  49      -.TS
  50      -box;
  51      -c | c
  52      -l | l .
  53      -ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE
  54      -_
  55      -CSI     Enabled
  56      -.TE
  57      -
  58      -.SH SEE ALSO
  59      -.sp
  60      -.LP
  61      -\fBapropos\fR(1), \fBman\fR(1), \fBcatman\fR(1M), \fBattributes\fR(5)
        1 +.\"
        2 +.\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the
        3 +.\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0.
        4 +.\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version
        5 +.\" 1.0 of the CDDL.
        6 +.\"
        7 +.\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this
        8 +.\" source.  A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at
        9 +.\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL.
       10 +.\"
       11 +.\"
       12 +.\" Copyright 2012 Nexenta Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
       13 +.\" Copyright 2014 Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
       14 +.\"
       15 +.Dd Jul 13, 2014
       16 +.Dt APROPOS 1
       17 +.Os
       18 +.Sh NAME
       19 +.Nm apropos ,
       20 +.Nm whatis
       21 +.Nd keyword search in
       22 +.Nm whatis
       23 +database files
       24 +.Sh SYNOPSIS
       25 +.Nm
       26 +.Op Fl M Ar path
       27 +.Op Fl s Ar section
       28 +.Ar keyword ...
       29 +.Nm whatis
       30 +.Op Fl M Ar path
       31 +.Op Fl s Ar section
       32 +.Ar keyword ...
       33 +.Sh DESCRIPTION
       34 +The
       35 +.Nm
       36 +utility searches a set of
       37 +.Nm whatis
       38 +database files matching each
       39 +.Ar keyword .
       40 +The
       41 +.Nm whatis
       42 +utility does the same search but only on complete words. The
       43 +.Nm whatis
       44 +database files are created using
       45 +.Xr man 1
       46 +command.
       47 +.Bl -tag -width ".Fl d"
       48 +.It Fl M Ar path
       49 +Force a specific colon separated manual path instead of the default search path.
       50 +Overrides the
       51 +.Ev MANPATH
       52 +environment variable.
       53 +.It Fl s Ar section
       54 +Restrict search to specified
       55 +.Ar section .
       56 +.El
       57 +.Sh ENVIRONMENT
       58 +The following environment variables affect the execution of
       59 +.Nm :
       60 +.Bl -tag -width ".Ev MANPATH , PATH"
       61 +.It Ev MANPATH , PATH
       62 +Used to find the location of the
       63 +.Nm whatis
       64 +database files.
       65 +.El
       66 +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
       67 +The
       68 +.Nm
       69 +utility exits 0 if a keyword matched and 1 if no keywords are matched or no
       70 +.Nm whatis
       71 +databases are found.
       72 +.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
       73 +Committed.
       74 +.Sh CODE SET INDEPENDENCE
       75 +Enabled.
       76 +.Sh SEE ALSO
       77 +.Xr man 1 ,
       78 +.Xr mandoc 1
    
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