commands.sh

apropos

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Options (2)

-l, --longboolean

Search without restricting the output to the terminal width (long output)

Example: apropos {{[-l|--long]}} {{regex}}
-a, --andboolean

Search for pages that match all the `regex` given

Example: apropos {{regex_1}} {{[-a|--and]}} {{regex_2}} {{[-a|--and]}} {{regex_3}}

Examples (3)

Search for a keyword using a `regex`

Search without restricting the output to the terminal width (long output)

apropos [-l|--long] regex

Search for pages that match all the `regex` given

apropos regex_1 [-a|--and] regex_2 [-a|--and] regex_3
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