Apropos
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Revision as of 18:23, 13 March 2005
Searches the whatis database for any keywords you give it. Useful for finding out what utility to use for a task:
dave@samizdata[~]% apropos secure | grep copy scp(1) - secure copy (remote file copy program) dave@samizdata[~]%