4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat1/whatis.0

WHATIS(1)                                                            WHATIS(1)


NAME
       whatis - describe what a command is

SYNOPSIS
       whatis command ...

DESCRIPTION
       Whatis looks up a given command and gives the header line from the man‐
       ual section.  You can then run the man(1) command to get more  informa‐
       tion.   If  the line starts ‘name(section) ...’ you can do ‘man section
       name’ to get the documentation for it.  Try ‘whatis ed’  and  then  you
       should do ‘man 1 ed’ to get the manual.

       Whatis is actually just the -f option to the man(1) command.

FILES
       /usr/man/whatis     Data base

SEE ALSO
       man(1), catman(8)


4th Berkeley Distribution         May 7, 1986                        WHATIS(1)