apropos(1)                          CLIX                          apropos(1)



  NAME

    apropos - Locates online reference manual entries by keyword lookup

  SYNOPSIS

    apropos keyword ...

  DESCRIPTION

    The apropos command displays online reference manual entries that contain
    instances of the specified keywords in their NAME lines.  Each word is
    considered separately and case is ignored.  Words which are part of other
    words are considered; thus, when looking for "compile," apropos also finds
    all instances of "compiler."

    The command displays its findings in the following format:

    entry-name (section) =|- NAME line of entry

    A = preceding a title description refers to a CLIX reference manual entry.
    A - preceding the title description refers to a standard AT&T UNIX System
    V reference manual entry.  Where entries overlap, CLIX reference manual
    entries take precedence.

  EXAMPLES

    If you want to list online reference manual entries that contain the
    keyword "password" in their NAME lines, the session might look like this:

    $ apropos password
    passwd (1)      = Changes login password
    yppasswd (1)    = Changes a login password in a Network Information Service (NIS) database
    passwd, passwd.local, passwd.yp (4)     = System user password files
    yppasswdd (8)   = Runs a server for modifying a Network Information Service (NIS) password file

    If you want to review the online reference manual entry for passwd(1), you
    can then key in the following command line:

    $ man 1 passwd


  FILES

    /usr/ip32/sysvdoc/man.desc
           Database for online references.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands:  man(1), nman(1)




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