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# whatis
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> Display one-line descriptions from manual pages.
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> See also: `man`, `whereis`.
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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 {{[-l|--long]}} {{command}}`
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- Display descriptions for all commands matching a glob:
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`whatis {{[-w|--wildcard]}} {{net*}}`
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- Search man page descriptions with a `regex`:
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`whatis {{[-r|--regex]}} '{{wish[0-9]\.[0-9]}}'`
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- Display descriptions in a specific language:
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`whatis {{[-L|--locale]}} {{en}} {{command}}`
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