Linux apropos --根据关键字搜索命令

用途说明

因为Linux的Shell中使用的是命令行方式，有时候会忘记执行特定任务的命令，就可以使用apropos找出来。等同于man-k，在使用的时候还是觉得用man -k来的好，毕竟apropos这个命令有些难记。

此命令需要指定一个keyword作为参数，查找与该keyword有关的命令。手册页中的解释是：在whatis数据库中搜索字符串。searchthe whatis database for strings。

 

常用参数

无。

命令格式为：aproposkeyword

等同于：man -k keyword

使用示例

示例一

[root@web ~]# apropos who

at.allow[at]        (5)  - determine who cansubmit jobs via at or batch

at.deny[at]         (5)  - determine whocan submit jobs via at or batch

jwhois              (1)  - client for the whois service

jwhois             (rpm) - Internet whois/nicname client.

w                   (1)  - Show who is logged on and what they are doing

who                 (1)  - show who is logged on

who                 (1p)  - display who is on the system

whoami              (1)  - print effective userid

[root@web ~]# man -k who

at.allow[at]        (5)  - determine who cansubmit jobs via at or batch

at.deny[at]         (5)  - determine whocan submit jobs via at or batch

jwhois              (1)  - client for the whois service

jwhois             (rpm) - Internet whois/nicname client.

w                   (1)  - Show who is logged on and what they are doing

who                 (1)  - show who is logged on

who                 (1p)  - display who is on the system

whoami              (1)  - print effective userid

从以上输出来看，apropos和man -k的输出是相同的。

示例二

[root@web ~]# apropos apropos

apropos             (1)  - search the whatis database for strings

man                (rpm) - A set of documentation tools: man, apropos and whatis.

[root@web ~]# man -k apropos

apropos             (1)  - search the whatis database for strings

man                (rpm) - A set of documentation tools: man, apropos and whatis.

示例三

[root@web ~]# apropos sort

FcFontSort          (3)  - Return list of matching fonts

alphasort[scandir]  (3)  - scan a directory for matching entries

bsearch             (3)  - binary search of a sorted array

bsearch             (3p)  - binary search a sorted table

bunzip2[bzip2]      (1)  - a block-sorting filecompressor, v1.0.3

bzip2               (1)  - a block-sorting file compressor, v1.0.3

comm                (1)  - compare two sorted files line by line

ldap_sort_entries   (3)  - LDAP sorting routines

ldap_sort_entries[ldap_sort] (3)  - LDAP sorting routines

ldap_sort_entries[ldap_sort_strcasecmp] (3)  - LDAP sorting routines

ldap_sort_entries[ldap_sort_values] (3)  - LDAP sorting routines

ldap_sort_strcasecmp(3)  - LDAP sorting routines

ldap_sort_strcasecmp[ldap_sort] (3)  - LDAP sorting routines

ldap_sort_strcasecmp[ldap_sort_entries] (3)  - LDAP sorting routines

ldap_sort_strcasecmp[ldap_sort_values] (3)  - LDAP sorting routines

ldap_sort_values    (3)  - LDAP sorting routines

ldap_sort_values[ldap_sort] (3)  - LDAP sorting routines

ldap_sort_values[ldap_sort_entries] (3)  - LDAP sorting routines

ldap_sort_values[ldap_sort_strcasecmp] (3)  - LDAP sorting routines

qsort               (3)  - sorts an array

qsort               (3p)  - sort a table of data

sort                (1)  - sort lines of text files

sort                (1p)  - sort, merge, or sequence check text files

sort                (3pm)  - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour

tsort               (1)  - perform topological sort

tsort               (1p)  - topological sort

versionsort[scandir] (3)  - scan a directory for matching entries