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       apropos -


       apropos [-dhV] [-e|-w|-r] [-m system[,...]] [-M path] key-
       word ...


        apropos keyword

       keyword ( -r ) (-w )  keyword (-e ) keyword  (\)




       -d, --debug


       -r, --regex


       -w, --wildcard


       -e, --exact


       -m system[,...], --systems=system[,...]
               NewOS -m NewOS

              system whatis man $SYSTEM

       -M path, --manpath=path
               (hierarchy) apropos $MANPATH $PATH  manpath  $MAN-
              PATH

       -h, --help


       -V, --version



       0

       1

       2

       16


       SYSTEM $SYSTEM -m

       MANPATH
              $MANPATH

       POSIXLY_CORRECT
              $POSIXLY_CORRECT  () apropos (-r)


       /usr/share/man/index.(bt|db|dir|pag)
               global

       /var/catman/index.(bt|db|dir|pag)
               (FSSTND ) global

       /var/cache/man/index.(bt|db|dir|pag)
               (FHS ) global

       /usr/share/man/.../whatis
               whatis


       whatis(s), man(n)


       Wilf. (G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk).  Fabrizio Polacco (fpo-
       lacco@debian.org).



2.3.20                  07 September 2001              apropos(s)