NAME

       bos_apropos - Displays each help entry containing a keyword string

SYNOPSIS

       bos apropos -topic <help string> [-help]

       bos ap -t <help string> [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The bos apropos command displays the first line of the online help entry for any bos command that has in
       its name or short description the string specified by the -topic argument.

       To display the syntax for a command, use the bos help command.

OPTIONS

       -topic <help string>
           Specifies  the  keyword  string  to  match,  in lowercase letters only.  If the string is more than a
           single word, surround it with double quotes ("") or other delimiters.

       -help
           Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

OUTPUT

       The first line of a command's online help entry names it and briefly describes its function. This command
       displays the first line for any bos command where the string specified with the -topic argument  is  part
       of the command name or first line.

EXAMPLES

       The  following  command  lists  all  bos commands that include the word "restart" in their names or short
       descriptions:

          % bos apropos restart
          getrestart: get restart times
          restart: restart all processes
          setrestart: set restart times

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       None

SEE ALSO

       bos(8), bos_help(8)

COPYRIGHT

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML  to  POD
       by  software  written  by  Chas  Williams  and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth
       Cassell.

OpenAFS                                            2025-03-21                                     BOS_APROPOS(8)