143082Scael.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 240389Sbostic.\" All rights reserved. 319645Smckusick.\" 443082Scael.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 531718Sbostic.\" 6*44952Scael.\" @(#)apropos.1 6.9 (Berkeley) 07/24/90 740389Sbostic.\" 843082Scael.Dd 943082Scael.Dt APROPOS 1 1043082Scael.Sh NAME 1143082Scael.Nm apropos 1243082Scael.Nd locate commands by keyword lookup 1343082Scael.Sh SYNOPSIS 1443082Scael.Nm apropos 1543082Scael.Op Fl M Ar path 1643082Scael.Op Fl m Ar path 1743082Scael.Ar keyword ... 1843082Scael.Sh DESCRIPTION 1943082Scael.Nm Apropos 2040389Sbosticshows which manual pages contain instances of any of the given 2143082Scael.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 2543082Scael\*(Lqcompile\*(Rq, 2643082Scael.Nm apropos 2743082Scaelwill also list all instances of \*(Lqcompiler\*(Rq. 2843082Scael.Pp 2940389SbosticIf the line output by 3043082Scael.Nm apropos 3143082Scaelstarts 3243082Scael.Li \*(Lqname(section) ...\*(Rq 3343082Scaelyou can enter 3443082Scael.Li \*(Lqman section name\*(Rq 3543082Scaelto get 3640389Sbosticits documentation. 3743082Scael.Pp 3840389SbosticThe options are as follows: 3943082Scael.Tp Fl M 4040389SbosticOverride the list of standard directories where 4143082Scael.Nm apropos 4243082Scaelsearches for a database named 4343082Scael.Pa whatis.db . 4440389SbosticThe supplied 4543082Scael.Ar path 4643082Scaelmust be a colon (\*(Lq:\*(Rq) separated list of directories. 47*44952ScaelThis search path may also be set using the environment variable 4843082Scael.Ev MANPATH . 4943082Scael.Tp Fl m 5040389SbosticAugment the list of standard directories where 5143082Scael.Nm apropos 5243082Scaelsearches for its database. 5340389SbosticThe supplied 5443082Scael.Ar path 5543082Scaelmust be a colon (\*(Lq:\*(Rq) separated list of directories. 5640389SbosticThese directories will be searched before the standard directories 5740389Sbosticor the directories supplied with the 5843082Scael.Fl M 5940389Sbosticoption or the 6043082Scael.Ev MANPATH 6140389Sbosticenvironmental variable are searched. 6243082Scael.Sh ENVIRONMENT 6343082Scael.Tw MANPATH 6443082Scael.Tp Ev MANPATH 6540389SbosticThe standard search path used by 6643082Scael.Xr man 1 6740389Sbosticmay be overridden by specifying a path in the 6843082Scael.Ev MANPATH 6940389Sbosticenvironmental variable. 7043082ScaelThe format of the path is a colon (\*(Lq:\*(Rq) separated list of directories. 7143082Scael.Tp 7243082Scael.Sh FILES 73*44952Scael.Dw whatis.db 74*44952Scael.Di L 75*44952Scael.Dp Pa whatis.db 7643082Scaelname of the apropos database 77*44952Scael.Dp 7843082Scael.Sh SEE ALSO 7943082Scael.Xr man 1 , 8043082Scael.Xr whatis 1 , 8143082Scael.Xr whereis 1 8243082Scael.Sh HISTORY 8343082Scael.Nm apropos 8443082Scaelappeared in 3 BSD. 85