whatis

whatis - display one-line manual page descriptions.


Display a brief information about a command:

whatis ls

Display a long version information about a command:

whatis -l lspgpot

Display specific sections of man pages:

whatis -s "8" ifconfig

Display information using wild-cards:

whatis -w "ls*"

Display information using regular expressions:

whatis -r "^ls"

Display a help message and exit:

whatis --help

Display a short usage message and exit:

whatis --usage

Display version information:

whatis -V