1*43082Scael.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 240389Sbostic.\" All rights reserved. 319645Smckusick.\" 4*43082Scael.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 531718Sbostic.\" 6*43082Scael.\" @(#)apropos.1 6.8 (Berkeley) 06/11/90 740389Sbostic.\" 8*43082Scael.Dd 9*43082Scael.Dt APROPOS 1 10*43082Scael.Sh NAME 11*43082Scael.Nm apropos 12*43082Scael.Nd locate commands by keyword lookup 13*43082Scael.Sh SYNOPSIS 14*43082Scael.Nm apropos 15*43082Scael.Op Fl M Ar path 16*43082Scael.Op Fl m Ar path 17*43082Scael.Ar keyword ... 18*43082Scael.Sh DESCRIPTION 19*43082Scael.Nm Apropos 2040389Sbosticshows which manual pages contain instances of any of the given 21*43082Scael.Ar keyword(s) 2240389Sbosticin their title line. 2340389SbosticEach word is considered separately and case of letters is ignored. 2440389SbosticWords which are part of other words are considered; when looking for 25*43082Scael\*(Lqcompile\*(Rq, 26*43082Scael.Nm apropos 27*43082Scaelwill also list all instances of \*(Lqcompiler\*(Rq. 28*43082Scael.Pp 2940389SbosticIf the line output by 30*43082Scael.Nm apropos 31*43082Scaelstarts 32*43082Scael.Li \*(Lqname(section) ...\*(Rq 33*43082Scaelyou can enter 34*43082Scael.Li \*(Lqman section name\*(Rq 35*43082Scaelto get 3640389Sbosticits documentation. 37*43082Scael.Pp 3840389SbosticThe options are as follows: 39*43082Scael.Tp Fl M 4040389SbosticOverride the list of standard directories where 41*43082Scael.Nm apropos 42*43082Scaelsearches for a database named 43*43082Scael.Pa whatis.db . 4440389SbosticThe supplied 45*43082Scael.Ar path 46*43082Scaelmust be a colon (\*(Lq:\*(Rq) separated list of directories. 4740389SbosticThis search path may also be set using the environmental variable 48*43082Scael.Ev MANPATH . 49*43082Scael.Tp Fl m 5040389SbosticAugment the list of standard directories where 51*43082Scael.Nm apropos 52*43082Scaelsearches for its database. 5340389SbosticThe supplied 54*43082Scael.Ar path 55*43082Scaelmust be a colon (\*(Lq:\*(Rq) separated list of directories. 5640389SbosticThese directories will be searched before the standard directories 5740389Sbosticor the directories supplied with the 58*43082Scael.Fl M 5940389Sbosticoption or the 60*43082Scael.Ev MANPATH 6140389Sbosticenvironmental variable are searched. 62*43082Scael.Sh ENVIRONMENT 63*43082Scael.Tw MANPATH 64*43082Scael.Tp Ev MANPATH 6540389SbosticThe standard search path used by 66*43082Scael.Xr man 1 6740389Sbosticmay be overridden by specifying a path in the 68*43082Scael.Ev MANPATH 6940389Sbosticenvironmental variable. 70*43082ScaelThe format of the path is a colon (\*(Lq:\*(Rq) separated list of directories. 71*43082Scael.Tp 72*43082Scael.Sh FILES 73*43082Scael.Tw whatis.db 74*43082Scael.Tp Pa whatis.db 75*43082Scaelname of the apropos database 76*43082Scael.Tp 77*43082Scael.Sh SEE ALSO 78*43082Scael.Xr man 1 , 79*43082Scael.Xr whatis 1 , 80*43082Scael.Xr whereis 1 81*43082Scael.Sh HISTORY 82*43082Scael.Nm apropos 83*43082Scaelappeared in 3 BSD. 84