GETNAME(8)          UNIX Programmer's Manual           GETNAME(8)

NAME
     getNAME - get NAME sections from manual source for
     whatis/apropos data base

SYNOPSIS
     getNAME [ -t ] name ...

DESCRIPTION
     _G_e_t_n_a_m_e reads the first few lines of each of the argument
     manual section sources, and finds the .TH entry and the .SH
     entry writing them to the standard output in a form suitable
     for making into the whatis/apropos data base.  If the -_t
     option is used, the command name and a colon are prepended
     to the output line, for use in making a table of contents.

FILES
     /usr/lib/whatis          Eventual data base

SEE ALSO
     apropos(1), makewhatis(8), whatis(1)

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