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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[~]%

See also: whatis, which, whereis, where

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