apropos Linux Commands

What is Linux apropos Command?

Explanation

apropos COMMAND:

apropos command is used to view the searched term from the list of man pages with the section number.

SYNTAX :


apropos command

EXAMPLE:


  1. apropos mkdir
    Output:
    mkdir (1) - make directories
  2. In the above example, apropos searches for mkdir in man page and displays the command description.

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