apropos

Displays command summary information

APPLICABILITY

ProductCommand type
ClearCasecleartool subcommand
ClearCase LTcleartool subcommand
MultiSitemultitool subcommand

Platform
UNIX

SYNOPSIS

  • Extract information from the whatis file:
    apr·opos topic ...

DESCRIPTION

This command does not require a product license.

The apropos command extracts information from the product-specific whatis file in ccase-home-dir/doc/man/. Use apropos as you would use the UNIX whatis(1) or apropos(1) command.

RESTRICTIONS

None.

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

Default
A lookup is performed in the whatis file.

topic ...
apropos makes a separate search for each topic character string in the standard whatis file. The string can occur anywhere within the line.

EXAMPLES

  • Search for lines with the string reserve in the whatis file.

    cleartool apropos reserve 
    reserve             Convert an unreserved checkout to reserved
    unreserve           Change a reserved checkout to unreserved

  • Search for lines with the string epoch in the MultiSite whatis file.

    multitool apropos epoch 
    chepoch    change epoch information
    lsepoch    display epoch information

FILES

ccase-home-dir/doc/man/cc_whatis
ccase-home-dir/doc/man/ms_whatis

SEE ALSO

help, man



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