walt <w41ter <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Have you noticed that you can find lots of stuff with 'apropos' that > doesn't actually have a 'man' page? Here's an example: # equery belongs apropos * Searching for apropos ... app-shells/bash-completion-2.1_p20141224-r1 (/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/apropos -> man) sys-apps/man-db-2.7.5 (/usr/bin/apropos -> whatis) > # apropos gnutls_x509_crt_export > gnutls_x509_crt_export (3) - API function > gnutls_x509_crt_export2 (3) - API function > # man gnutls_x509_crt_export > No manual entry for gnutls_x509_crt_export # whatis apropos apropos (1) - search the manual page names and descriptions # whatis whatis whatis (1) - display one-line manual page descriptions Looks like an alias to 'whatis'? 'whereis' still one of my favorite little tools. # whereis apropos apropos: /usr/bin/apropos /usr/share/man/man1/apropos.1.bz2 > Thanks to you and Mike for your examples :) You've help me far more that I have ever help you:: but, in any case you are most welcome. James
