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ROHAN help Files

apropos

To learn about a command, you can use man to display the appropriate manual page. But what if you are not sure which command to request? The solution is apropos. Apropos of is an elegant expression meaning concerning or with reference to. Usage example:

       rohan%  apropos  manual

       where manual is the keyword. Sample output from example:

       catman          catman (1m)     - create the cat files for the manual
       man             man (1)         - find and display reference manual pages
       man             man (5)         - macros to format Reference Manual pages
       mansun          mansun (5)      - macros to format Reference Manual pages

When you use apropos, UNIX searches through all the title lines of the manual pages looking for the keyword you specified. It will then tell you those commands which are found to be a match (does not distinguish between upper- and lower-case). If you can't find what you want, try asking in a different way. See also man.