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1. whatis

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2. whatis

Command whatis Searches for whole words in the database whatis (see command apropos). Syntax whatis keyword Options no Description whatis command displays the result of search whole words ...

3. apropos

... database (called a database whatis), created by the program /usr/sbin/makewhatis. Whatis database is an index of keywords contained in all the man-page system ... ...