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   6 .TH APROPOS 1 "Dec 20, 1996"
   7 .SH NAME
   8 apropos \- locate commands by keyword lookup
   9 .SH SYNOPSIS
  10 .LP
  11 .nf
  12 \fBapropos\fR \fIkeyword\fR...
  13 .fi
  14 
  15 .SH DESCRIPTION
  16 .sp
  17 .LP
  18 The \fBapropos\fR utility displays the man page name, section number, and a
  19 short description for each man page whose \fBNAME\fR line contains
  20 \fIkeyword\fR. This information is contained in the \fB/usr/share/man/windex\fR
  21 database created by \fBcatman\fR(1M). If \fBcatman\fR(1M) was not run, or was
  22 run with the \fB-n\fR option, \fBapropos\fR fails. Each word is considered
  23 separately and the case of letters is ignored. Words which are part of other
  24 words are considered; for example, when looking for `compile', \fBapropos\fR
  25 finds all instances of `compiler' also.
  26 .sp
  27 .LP
  28 \fBapropos\fR is actually just the \fB-k\fR option to the \fBman\fR(1) command.
  29 .SH EXAMPLES
  30 .LP
  31 \fBExample 1 \fRTo find a man page whose NAME line contains a keyword
  32 .sp
  33 .LP
  34 Try
  35 
  36 .sp
  37 .in +2
  38 .nf
  39 example% \fBapropos password\fR
  40 .fi
  41 .in -2
  42 .sp
  43 
  44 .sp
  45 .LP
  46 and
  47 
  48 .sp
  49 .in +2
  50 .nf
  51 example% \fBapropos editor\fR
  52 .fi
  53 .in -2
  54 .sp
  55 
  56 .sp
  57 .LP
  58 If the line starts `\fIfilename\fR(\fIsection\fR) .\|.\|.' you can run
  59 
  60 .sp
  61 .in +2
  62 .nf
  63 man -s \fIsection filename\fR
  64 .fi
  65 .in -2
  66 .sp
  67 
  68 .sp
  69 .LP
  70 to display the man page for \fIfilename\fR.
  71 
  72 .LP
  73 \fBExample 2 \fRTo find the man page for the subroutine \fBprintf()\fR
  74 .sp
  75 .LP
  76 Try
  77 
  78 .sp
  79 .in +2
  80 .nf
  81 example% \fBapropos format\fR
  82 .fi
  83 .in -2
  84 .sp
  85 
  86 .sp
  87 .LP
  88 and then
  89 
  90 .sp
  91 .in +2
  92 .nf
  93 example% \fBman -s 3s printf\fR
  94 .fi
  95 .in -2
  96 .sp
  97 
  98 .sp
  99 .LP
 100 to get the manual page on the subroutine \fBprintf()\fR.
 101 
 102 .SH FILES
 103 .sp
 104 .ne 2
 105 .na
 106 \fB\fB/usr/share/man/windex\fR \fR
 107 .ad
 108 .RS 26n
 109 table of contents and keyword database
 110 .RE
 111 
 112 .SH ATTRIBUTES
 113 .sp
 114 .LP
 115 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
 116 .sp
 117 
 118 .sp
 119 .TS
 120 box;
 121 c | c
 122 l | l .
 123 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE
 124 _
 125 CSI     Enabled
 126 .TE
 127 
 128 .SH SEE ALSO
 129 .sp
 130 .LP
 131 \fBman\fR(1), \fBwhatis\fR(1), \fBcatman\fR(1M), \fBattributes\fR(5)
 132 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 133 .sp
 134 .ne 2
 135 .na
 136 \fB\f(CW/usr/share/man/windex: No such file or directory\fR\fR
 137 .ad
 138 .sp .6
 139 .RS 4n
 140 This database does not exist. \fBcatman\fR(1M) must be run to create it.
 141 .RE
 142