From 7356a47e02ae2da94da9736963a51ef7cc34c23c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Starbeamrainbowlabs Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 18:36:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] whatis: add page (#1078) --- pages/linux/whatis.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pages/linux/whatis.md diff --git a/pages/linux/whatis.md b/pages/linux/whatis.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..50b0e9ad3 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/linux/whatis.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# whatis + +> Display one-line descriptions from manual pages. + +- Display a description from a man page: + +`whatis {{command}}` + +- Don't cut the description off at the end of the line: + +`whatis --long {{command}}` + +- Search man page descriptions with a regular expression: + +`whatis --regex {{regular_expression}}`