NAME
bos_apropos - Displays each help entry containing a keyword string
SYNOPSIS
bos apropos -topic <help string> [-help]
bos ap -t <help string> [-h]
DESCRIPTION
The bos apropos command displays the first line of the online help
entry for any bos command that has in its name or short description the
string specified by the -topic argument.
To display the syntax for a command, use the bos help command.
OPTIONS
-topic <help string>
Specifies the keyword string to match, in lowercase letters only.
If the string is more than a single word, surround it with double
quotes ("") or other delimiters.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options
are ignored.
OUTPUT
The first line of a command’s online help entry names it and briefly
describes its function. This command displays the first line for any
bos command where the string specified with the -topic argument is part
of the command name or first line.
EXAMPLES
The following command lists all bos commands that include the word
"restart" in their names or short descriptions:
% bos apropos restart
getrestart: get restart times
restart: restart all processes
setrestart: set restart times
PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
None
SEE ALSO
bos(8), bos_help(8)
COPYRIGHT
IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.
This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.
It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams
and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.