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.\" @(#)apropos.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/29/93

.\"

.Dd June 29, 1993

.Dd $Mdocdate$

.Dt APROPOS 1

.Os

.Sh NAME

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.Nd locate commands by keyword lookup

.Sh SYNOPSIS

.Nm apropos

.Op Fl C Ar file

.Op Fl M Ar path

.Op Fl m Ar path

.Ar keyword

.Op Fl S Ar subsection

.Op Ar ...

.Op Fl s Ar section

.Ar keyword ...

.Sh DESCRIPTION

.Nm

shows which manual pages contain instances of any of the given

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If the line output by

.Nm

starts

.Dq Li name(section) ...

.Dq Li name (section) ... ,

you can enter

.Dq Li man section name

to get

its documentation.

.Pp

The options are as follows:

.Bl -tag -width flag

.Bl -tag -width "-C file"

.It Fl C Ar file

Specify an alternative configuration

.Ar file

.Xr man.conf 5

format.

.It Fl M Ar path

Override the list of standard directories

.Nm

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option or the

.Ev MANPATH

environment variable.

.It Fl S Ar subsection

Restrict the search to pages for the specified machine architecture.

By default, pages for all architectures are shown.

.It Fl s Ar section

Restrict the search to the specified section of the manual.

By default, pages from all sections are shown.

.El

.Sh ENVIRONMENT

.Bl -tag -width MANPATH

.It Ev MANPATH

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separated list of directories.

.El

.Sh FILES

.Bl -tag -width whatis.db -compact

.Bl -tag -width /etc/man.conf -compact

.It Pa whatis.db

name of the apropos database

.It Pa /etc/man.conf

default

.Xr man 1

configuration file

.El

.Sh SEE ALSO

.Xr man 1 ,

.Xr whatis 1 ,

.Xr whereis 1

.Xr whereis 1 ,

.Xr man.conf 5 ,

.Xr makewhatis 8

.Sh HISTORY

The

.Nm

command appeared in

command first appeared in

.Bx 3.0 .

.Bx 2 .

.Pp

The

.Fl M

option and the

.Ev MANPATH

variable first appeared in

.Bx 4.3 ;

.Fl m

.Bx 4.3 Reno ;

.Fl C

.Bx 4.4 Lite1 ;

and

.Fl s

and

.Fl S

.Ox 4.5 .

.Sh AUTHORS

.An Bill Joy

wrote the original

.Bx

.Nm

in February 1979.