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apropos(1)			 User Commands			    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,  apropos  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) command.

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 attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      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.

SunOS 5.10			  20 Dec 1996			    apropos(1)

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