whatis
whatis linux command cheatsheet by Thamizhiniyan C S
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whatis linux command cheatsheet by Thamizhiniyan C S
Last updated
Command | Description |
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-d, --debug
Emit debugging messages.
-v, --verbose
Print verbose warning messages.
-r, --regex
Interpret each keyword as a regex.
-w, --wildcard
The keyword(s) contain wildcards.
-l, --long
Do not trim output to terminal width.
-C, --config-file=FILE
Use this user configuration file.
-L, --locale=LOCALE
Define the locale for this search.
-m, --systems=SYSTEM
Use manual pages from other systems.
-M, --manpath=PATH
Set search path for manual pages to PATH.
-s, --sections=LIST, --section=LIST
Search only these sections (colon-separated).
-?, --help
Give this help list.
--usage
Give a short usage message.
-V, --version
Print program version.
Prints the help message.
Prints the debugging information.
Prints verbose warning messages.
Supports regular expression searches.
Searches and displays short descriptions of commands and functions matching the regular expression '^ab'.
Searches and displays short descriptions of commands and functions matching the regular expression '^cd'.
Searches and displays short descriptions of commands and functions matching the regular expression 'cd$'.
Enables wildcard searches using the specified pattern.
Searches and displays short descriptions of commands and functions matching the wildcard pattern 'ab*'.
Searches and displays short descriptions of commands and functions matching the wildcard pattern 'cd*'.
Displays long descriptions in addition to the summary.
Allows users to specify the sections from which to retrieve the information. By default, it searches all sections.
Accesses information from sections 1 and 2 of the manual page for the cat command.
Accesses manual page names for other operating systems.
Accesses the short description of the rmdir command from the OS2 manual pages.
Specifies an alternate set of colon-delimited manual page hierarchies to search. It overrides the default value of the $MANPATH environment variable.
Temporarily overrides the determined locale value, allowing users to supply a locale string directly to the 'whatis' command.
Specifies a user configuration file for the 'whatis' command, overriding the default configuration file location ~/.manpath.
Prints a help message.
Displays short information about the whatis command and exits.
Displays version information.
Displays the trimmed output of the ssh-import-id command.