APROPOS(1)                           BSD                            APROPOS(1)



NAME
     apropos - locate commands by keyword lookup

SYNOPSIS
     apropos keyword ...

DESCRIPTION
     apropos shows which manual sections contain instances of any of the given
     keywords in their title.  It considers each word separately and ignores
     the case of letters.  It considers words that are part of other words;
     for example, if you use "compile" as a keyword, apropos also finds all
     instances of "compiler".

     If apropos prints a line that starts with name(section) ... you can enter
     man section name to get the documentation for that command.

     apropos is actually just the -k option to the man(1) command.

EXAMPLES
     To print a one-line synopsis of each manual section whose table of
     contents listing contains the keyword "password", enter:

          apropos password

     To see which manual sections contain the keyword "editor", enter:

          apropos editor

     When you enter apropos format, the apropos listing includes the line:

     printf, fprintf, sprintf (3S) - formatted output conversion.

     Enter man 3s printf to see the manual entry for the subroutine printf.


FILES
     /usr/man/whatis          Database

SEE ALSO
     man(1), whatis(1), catman(8)