whatis Plugin
Display one-line manual page descriptions for commands and topics.
Commands
whatis self version— Print whatis versionwhatis name lookup <name>— Display description for a commandwhatis name lookup-all <name>— Display all matching descriptions across sectionswhatis name lookup-section <section> <name>— Lookup in a specific sectionwhatis _ _ [args]— Passthrough to whatis
Usage Examples
- Describe a command:
whatis name lookup ls - Check all sections for a name:
whatis name lookup-all printf - Lookup in section 3 (C library):
whatis name lookup-section 3 printf - Multiple names:
whatis _ _ ls cp mv
Installation
Part of man-db, pre-installed on most Linux systems.