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<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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<para><command>apropos</command> searches the whatis database and displays
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the short descriptions of system commands that contain a given string.</para>
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<para><command>makewhatis</command> builds the whatis database. It reads
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all the manual pages in the manpath and for each page writes the name and a
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short description in the whatis database.</para>
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<para><command>man</command> formats and displays the requested on-line
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manual page.</para>
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<para><command>man2dvi</command> converts a manual page into dvi format.</para>
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<para><command>man2html</command> converts a manual page into html.</para>
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<para><command>whatis</command> searches the whatis database and displays
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the short descriptions of system commands that contain the given keyword as a
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separate word.</para>
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</sect2>
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