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Re: man -k <word> : nothing appropriate
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 06:08:22PM +0200, Alex Vinokur wrote:
>
> "Hannu E K Nevalainen" <garbage_collector@telia.com> wrote in message
> NGBBLLIAMFLGJEOAJCCEKEHPDFAA.garbage_collector@telia.com">news:NGBBLLIAMFLGJEOAJCCEKEHPDFAA.garbage_collector@telia.com...
> > > From: Alex Vinokur
> > > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 1:04 PM
> >
> > > $ man -k time
> > > time: nothing appropriate
> > >
> > > $ man -k file
> > > file: nothing appropriate
> > >
> > > What is wrong?
> >
> > Did you _mean_ "-K" ?
>
> I meant "-k", i.e., apropos
>
> >
> > $ man --help
> > man, version 1.5j
> >
> > <SNIP>
> > k : same as apropos(1)
> > K : search for a string in all pages
> > <SNIP>
man makewhatis
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