whatis(1) whatis(1) NAME whatis - search the whatis database for complete words. SYNOPSIS whatis keyword ... DESCRIPTION whatis searches a set of database files containing short descriptions of system commands for keywords and displays the result on the stan- dard output. Only complete word matches are displayed. The whatis database is created using the command /usr/sbin/makewhatis. SEE ALSO apropos(1), man(1). Jan 5, 1991 whatis(1)