apropos

Search the manual pages for names and descriptions. More information: <https://manned.org/apropos>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/apropos.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install man-db
Ubuntu
apt-get install man-db
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S man-db
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install man-db
CentOS
yum install man-db
Fedora
dnf install man-db
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install man-db
Raspbian
apt-get install man-db
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/apropos

Search the manual pages for names and descriptions. More information: <https://manned.org/apropos>.

  • Search for a keyword using a regular expression:
    apropos regular_expression
  • Search without restricting the output to the terminal width:
    apropos -l regular_expression
  • Search for pages that contain all the expressions given:
    apropos regular_expression_1 -a regular_expression_2 -a regular_expression_3

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