whatis(1)                           CLIX                           whatis(1)



  NAME

    whatis - Displays summary information on online reference manual entries

  SYNOPSIS

    whatis entry ...

  DESCRIPTION

    The whatis command looks up a given entry name entry for a CLIX command,
    function, or file in a database in the online reference manual directory,
    and displays the NAME line from its online reference manual entry.  The
    entry name entry is entered in lowercase.  If more than one NAME line
    exists in the database (for example, if summaries exist for a command,
    function, and/or file that share the same entry name), all NAME lines are
    displayed, one after the other.

    You can specify multiple entry names on the whatis command line.  The NAME
    lines for all specified entries are displayed, one after the other.

  EXAMPLES

    The following displays summaries for the passwd command and the passwd
    file:

    $ whatis passwd
    passwd (1)      = Changes login password
    passwd, passwd.local, passwd.yp (4)     = System user password files


  FILES

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

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands:  man(1), nman(1)















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