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WHATIS(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		WHATIS(1)



NNAAMMEE
     whatis - describe what a command is

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
     wwhhaattiiss [[--MM ppaatthh]] [[--mm ppaatthh]] ccoommmmaanndd ......

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     _W_h_a_t_i_s looks up a given command and gives the header line
     from the manual page.  You can then use the _m_a_n(1) command
     to get more information.

     The options are as follows:

     _M	  Override the list of standard directories where _w_h_a_t_i_s
	  searches for its database named ``whatis.db''.  The
	  supplied _p_a_t_h must be a colon (``:'') separated list of
	  directories.	This search path may also be set using
	  the environment variable _M_A_N_P_A_T_H.

     _m	  Augment the list of standard directories where _w_h_a_t_i_s
	  searches for its database named ``whatis.db''.  The
	  supplied _p_a_t_h must be a colon (``:'') separated list of
	  directories.	These directories will be searched before
	  the standard directories or the directories supplied
	  with the _M option or the _M_A_N_P_A_T_H environment variable
	  are searched.

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     _M_A_N_P_A_T_H
	  The standard search path used by _m_a_n may be overridden
	  by specifying a path in the _M_A_N_P_A_T_H environment vari-
	  able.  The format of the path is a colon (``:'')
	  separated list of directories.

FFIILLEESS
     whatis.db	    name of the whatis database

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