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apropos – what is that :)

October20

Apropos is the command which search the entire manual (man) page entries and its description.

what is the usage of this command ?
we can easily get the Linux commands using the search word.

example :
The below output is for the search word “network”

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$ apropos network
/etc/network/interfaces (5) [interfaces] - network interface configuration for ifup and ifdown
aseqnet (1) - ALSA sequencer connectors over network
avahi-autoipd (8) - IPv4LL network address configuration daemon
bittorrent-downloader.bittorrent (1) - download files using a scatter-gather network
btdownloadcurses (1) - download files using a scatter-gather network
btdownloadcurses.bittorrent (1) - download files using a scatter-gather network
btdownloadgui (1) - download files using a scatter-gather network
btdownloadgui.bittorrent (1) - download files using a scatter-gather network
btdownloadheadless (1) - download files using a scatter-gather network
btdownloadheadless.bittorrent (1) - download files using a scatter-gather network
ctstat (8) - unified linux network statistics
dhclient-script (8) - DHCP client network configuration script
display-tele (7) - Forwards the display over a network
ifconfig (8) - configure a network interface
ifdown (8) - take a network interface down
ifup (8) - bring a network interface up
interfaces (5) - network interface configuration for ifup and ifdown
iwconfig (8) - configure a wireless network interface
iwgetid (8) - Report ESSID, NWID or AP/Cell Address of wireless network
iwpriv (8) - configure optionals (private) parameters of a wireless network interface
jng (5) - JPEG Network Graphics (JNG) sub-format
libmng (3) - Multiple-image Network Graphics (MNG) Reference Library 1.0.9
libpng (3) - Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Reference Library 1.2.27
lnstat (8) - unified linux network statistics
mng (5) - Multiple-image Network Graphics (MNG) format
mtr (8) - a network diagnostic tool
nameif (8) - name network interfaces based on MAC addresses
Net::Cmd (3perl) - Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)
Net::Time (3perl) - time and daytime network client interface
netdevice (7) - Low level access to Linux network devices
netstat (8) - Print network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships
network-admin (1) - Network Administration Tool
NetworkManager (8) - network management daemon
networks (5) - network name information
nm-tool (1) - utility to report NetworkManager state
nm-vpn-properties (1) - Network management framework
nmap (1) - Network exploration tool and security / port scanner
nstat (8) - network statistics tools.
pabrowse (1) - List PulseAudio sound servers on the network
perlfaq9 (1) - Networking ($Revision: 8539 $)
ping (8) - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
ping6 (8) - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
png (5) - Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format
rtacct (8) - network statistics tools.
rtstat (8) - unified linux network statistics
sane-net (5) - SANE network backend
saned (8) - SANE network daemon
services (5) - Internet network services list
slattach (8) - attach a network interface to a serial line
smbtree (1) - A text based smb network browser
tcpdump (8) - dump traffic on a network
tracepath (8) - traces path to a network host discovering MTU along this path
tracepath6 (8) - traces path to a network host discovering MTU along this path
traceroute6 (8) - traces path to a network host
traceroute6.iputils (8) - traces path to a network host
wget (1) - The non-interactive network downloader.
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