tldr/pages/linux/whatis.md

# whatis

> Display one-line descriptions from manual pages.

- Display a description from a man page:

`whatis {{command}}`

- Don't cut the description off at the end of the line:

`whatis --long {{command}}`

- Display descriptions for all commands matching a glob:

`whatis --wildcard {{net*}}`

- Search man page descriptions with a regular expression:

`whatis --regex '{{wish[0-9]\.[0-9]}}'`
whatis: add page (#1078) 2016-09-19 18:36:07 +01:00			`# whatis`

			`> Display one-line descriptions from manual pages.`

			`- Display a description from a man page:`

			`whatis {{command}}`

			`- Don't cut the description off at the end of the line:`

			`whatis --long {{command}}`

whatis: add glob example (#1365) 2017-05-04 08:38:06 +01:00			`- Display descriptions for all commands matching a glob:`

			`whatis --wildcard {{net*}}`

whatis: add page (#1078) 2016-09-19 18:36:07 +01:00			`- Search man page descriptions with a regular expression:`

whatis: add glob example (#1365) 2017-05-04 08:38:06 +01:00			`whatis --regex '{{wish[0-9]\.[0-9]}}'`