Whatis

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  whatis
       
           1. A {Unix} command which searches for a given string
          in the headings of all {man} pages.
       
          2. A command which searches the {archie} {Software Description


          Database} for a given string, with case being ignored.
       
          (1995-11-12)