whatis(1)whatis(1)Namewhatis - display command description
Syntaxwhatis command...
Description
The command looks up a given command and gives the header line from the
manual section. You can then run the command 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.
The command is actually just the -f option to the command.
Files
/usr/lib/whatis Data base
See Alsoman(1), catman(8)whatis(1)