apropos(1)

NAME

     apropos - locate commands by keyword lookup

SYNOPSIS

     apropos keyword...

DESCRIPTION

     The apropos utility displays  the  man  page  name,  section
     number, and a short description for each man page whose NAME
     line contains keyword.  This information is contained in the
     /usr/share/man/windex  database  created  by  catman(1M). If
     catman(1M) was not run, or was run with the -n option, apro-
     pos  fails.  Each word is considered separately and the case
     of letters is ignored. Words which are part of  other  words
     are  considered;  for  example,  when looking for `compile',
     apropos finds all instances of `compiler' also.

     apropos is actually just the -k option to  the  man(1)  com-
     mand.

EXAMPLES

     Example 1: To find a man page whose  NAME  line  contains  a
     keyword

     Try

     example% apropos password

     and

     example% apropos editor

     If the line starts `filename(section) ...' you can run

     man -s section filename
     to display the man page for filename.

     Example 2: To find the man page for the subroutine printf()

     Try

     example% apropos format

     and then

     example% man -s 3s printf

     to get the manual page on the subroutine printf().

FILES

     /usr/share/man/windex
           table of contents and keyword database

ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWdoc                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | CSI                         | Enabled                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

     man(1), whatis(1), catman(1M), attributes(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

     /usr/share/man/windex: No such file or directory
           This database does not exist. catman(1M) must  be  run
           to create it.