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.\" John W. Eaton
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.\" Department of Chemical Engineering
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.Dd Jan 15, 1991
.Dt APROPOS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm apropos , whatis
.Nd search the whatis database
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm apropos
.Ar keyword ...
.br
.Nm whatis
.Ar keyword ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm apropos 
searches a set of database files containing short descriptions
of system commands for keywords and displays the result on the
standard output.
.Nm whatis
displays only complete word matches. 
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The 
.Nm apropos
utility exits 0 on success, and 1 if no keyword matched.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr man 1 ,
.Xr makewhatis 1