whatis(1) whatis(1) Name whatis - display command description Syntax whatis command... Description The command looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual section. You can then run the command to get more information. If the line starts ``name(section) ...'' you can do ``man section name'' to get the documentation for it. Try ``whatis ed'' and then you should do ``man 1 ed'' to get the manual. The command is actually just the -f option to the command. Files /usr/lib/whatis Data base See Also man(1), catman(8) whatis(1)[top]
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