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diff --git a/appendixa/man-desc.xml b/appendixa/man-desc.xml index db7b08812..4f9273dca 100644 --- a/appendixa/man-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/man-desc.xml @@ -6,32 +6,23 @@ <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title> -<sect4><title>apropos</title> -<para>apropos searches for keywords in a set of database files, containing -short descriptions of system commands, and displays the result on the standard -output.</para></sect4> - -<sect4><title>makewhatis</title> -<para>makewhatis reads all the manual pages contained in given sections of -manpath or the pre-formatted pages contained in the given sections of -catpath. For each page, it writes a line in the whatis database. Each -line consists of the name of the page and a short description, -separated by a dash. The description is extracted using the content of -the NAME section of the manual page.</para></sect4> - -<sect4><title>man</title> -<para>man formats and displays the on-line manual pages.</para></sect4> - -<sect4><title>man2dvi</title> -<para>man2dvi converts a manual page into dvi format.</para></sect4> - -<sect4><title>man2html</title> -<para>man2html converts a manual page into html.</para></sect4> - -<sect4><title>whatis</title> -<para>whatis searches for keywords in a set of database files, containing short -descriptions of system commands, and displays the result on the standard -output. Only complete word matches are displayed.</para></sect4> +<para><command>apropos</command> searches the whatis database and displays +the short descriptions of system commands that contain a given string.</para> + +<para><command>makewhatis</command> builds the whatis database. It reads +all the manual pages in the manpath and for each page writes the name and a +short description in the whatis database.</para> + +<para><command>man</command> formats and displays the requested on-line +manual page.</para> + +<para><command>man2dvi</command> converts a manual page into dvi format.</para> + +<para><command>man2html</command> converts a manual page into html.</para> + +<para><command>whatis</command> searches the whatis database and displays +the short descriptions of system commands that contain the given keyword as a +separate word.</para> </sect3> |