.TH WHATIS 1
.SH NAME
whatis, apropos \- give single line descriptions for manual pages
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B whatis
.RB [ \-a ]
.I title
.br
.B apropos
.I keyword
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Whatis
lists the one line description from the
.BR whatis (5)
database describing the title given.  It displays all the lines with
the title from the first whatis file that has those titles.  It uses the
same search path as
.BR man (1).
.PP
.B Apropos
searches through all whatis files for the given keywords.  It lists any
line that has the keyword anywhere on the line.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-a
Search all whatis files.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR man (1),
.BR grep (1),
.BR whatis (5).
.SH AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)