How to look for help
How to look for help
Under BSD or Linux :
Try apropos "keyword" then see what you get if not then whatis "keyword" and always read the man or search for it.
whatis apropos
apropos(1), whatis(1) - search the whatis database
man apropos
APROPOS(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual APROPOS(1)
NAME
apropos, whatis -- search the whatis database
SYNOPSIS
apropos keyword ...
whatis keyword ...
DESCRIPTION
apropos searches a set of database files containing short descriptions of
system commands for keywords and displays the result on the standard out-
put. whatis displays only complete word matches.
keyword really is an extended regular expression, please read grep(1)
manual page for more information about its format.
DIAGNOSTICS
The apropos utility exits 0 on success, and 1 if no keyword matched.
SEE ALSO
grep(1), makewhatis(1), man(1)
FreeBSD 4.10 January 15, 1991 FreeBSD 4.10
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