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22 .Nd search the whatis database
32 searches a set of database files containing short descriptions
33 of system commands for keywords and displays the result on the
38 displays only complete word matches.
42 really is an extended regular expression, please read
44 manual page for more information about its format.
46 .Bl -tag -width ".Ev PAGER"
47 .It Ev PATH , MANPATH , MANLOCALES
54 Command used to page the output.
61 utility exits 0 on success, and 1 if no keyword matched.