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.

RETURN VALUES
     The apropos utility exits 0 on success, and 1 if no keyword matched.

SEE ALSO
     makewhatis(1),  man(1)

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