2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat1/whatis.0

WHATIS(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		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 manual section.  You can then run the man(1) com-
     mand to get more information.  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)


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