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    Types: TextFile
    Notes: UNIX file
    Names: »whatis.1«

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└─⟦26887b7e0⟧ Bits:30009717 Comet 32 harddisk image
    └─⟦28c352965⟧ »/a« UNIX Filesystem
        └─⟦this⟧ »usr/man/man1/whatis.1«

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	@(#)whatis.1	2.1	7/1/84
	@(#)Copyright (C) 1983 by National Semiconductor Corp.
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.TH WHATIS 1
.UC 4
.SH NAME
whatis \- describe what a command is
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B whatis
command ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Whatis
looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual
section.
You can then run the 
.IR man (1)
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.
.PP
.I Whatis
is actually just the
.B \-f
option to the
.IR man (1)
command.
.SH FILES
.DT
/usr/lib/whatis	Data base
.SH "SEE ALSO"
apropos(1), man(1), catman(8)
.SH AUTHOR
William Joy