'\"macro stdmacro
.if n .pH g1.apropos @(#)apropos	40.7 of 8/10/89
.\" Copyright (c) 1988 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - All Rights Reserved.
.\"
.nr X
.if \nX=0 .ds x} apropos 1 "BSD Compatibility Package" "\&"
.if \nX=1 .ds x} apropos 1 "BSD Compatibility Package"
.if \nX=2 .ds x} apropos 1 "" "\&"
.if \nX=3 .ds x} apropos "" "" "\&"
.nr X
.TH \*(x}
.SH NAME
\f4apropos\f1 \- locate commands by keyword lookup
.SH SYNOPSIS
\f4/usr/ucb/apropos\f1
.IR keyword .\|.\|.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.P
\f4apropos\f1
shows which manual sections contain instances of any of the given
keywords in their title.
Each word is considered separately and the case of letters is ignored.
Words which are part of other words are considered;
thus, when looking for `compile',
\f4apropos\f1
will find all instances of `compiler' also.
.P
Try
.IP
\f4apropos password\f1
.P
and
.IP
\f4apropos editor\f1
.P
If the line starts
.RI ` filename ( section ") .\|.\|.'"
you can do
\f1`\f4man \f2section filename\f1'
to get the documentation for it.
Try
.IP
\f4apropos format\f1
.P
and then
.IP
\f4man 3s printf\f1
.P
to get the manual page on the subroutine
\f4printf\f1.
.P
\f4apropos\f1
is actually just the
\f4\-k\f1
option to the
\f4man\f1(1)
command.
.SH FILES
.PD 0
.TP 26
\f4/usr/share/man/whatis\f1
data base
.PD
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\f4man\fP(1),
\f4whatis\fP(1),
\f4catman\fP(1M).
