1whatis(1)                        User Commands                       whatis(1)
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NAME

6       whatis - display a one-line summary about a keyword
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SYNOPSIS

9       whatis command...
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DESCRIPTION

13       whatis  looks  up a given command and displays the header line from the
14       manual section. You can then run the man(1) command to get more  infor‐
15       mation.  If  the  line starts name(section)... you can do man -ssection
16       name to get the documentation for it.   Try  whatis  ed  and  then  you
17       should do man -s 1 ed to get the manual page for ed(1).
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20       whatis is actually just the -f option to the man(1) command.
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23       whatis  uses the /usr/share/man/windex database.  This database is cre‐
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FILES

27       /usr/share/man/windex    Table of contents and keyword database
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ATTRIBUTES

31       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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36       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
37       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
38       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
39       │Availability                 │SUNWdoc                      │
40       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
41       │CSI                          │Enabled                      │
42       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

45       apropos(1), man(1), catman(1M), attributes(5)
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49SunOS 5.11                        14 Sep 1992                        whatis(1)
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