whatis(1)                                               whatis(1)



NAME
     whatis - reports a brief description  for  the  manual  page
     entry specified

SYNOPSIS
     whatis command...

ARGUMENTS
     command
          Specifies the command you wish to display information
          about.

DESCRIPTION
     whatis looks up a given command and gives the header line
     from the manual section.  You may then run the man(1)
     command to get more information.

EXAMPLES
     If you type:

        whatis ed

     you will see:

        red ed(1)      - text editor

     This tells you that the section for ed is 1.  To see the
     entire manual entry for ed, on the terminal, enter:

        man 1 ed


FILES
     /usr/ucb/whatis
          Executable file
     /usr/lib/whatis
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     apropos(1), man(1), whereis(1), which(1)















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