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# whatis
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> Display one-line descriptions from manual pages.
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> More information: <https://manned.org/whatis>.
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- Display a description from a man page:
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`whatis {{command}}`
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- Don't cut the description off at the end of the line:
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`whatis --long {{command}}`
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- Display descriptions for all commands matching a glob:
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`whatis --wildcard {{net*}}`
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- Search man page descriptions with a regular expression:
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`whatis --regex '{{wish[0-9]\.[0-9]}}'`
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- Display descriptions of a specific language (requires `manpage-{{locale}}` package):
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`whatis --locale={{en}} {{command}}`
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