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man -k has been working just fine for me for 30+ years
by toddm 5y ago
man -k has been working just fine for me for 30+ years
- dllthomas 5y agoApropos has the compelling feature that I get to feel clever for knowing the word.
- _wldu 5y agoI believe man -k just runs apropos.
- killerbat00 5y agoYep! man -k even has an ISO standard with which apropos is compliant https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#Standards https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#Standards
- dllthomas 5y agoRight. There's often a tension between features and ease of use.
- OJFord 5y agoJust don't be one of those people who go around saying 'hehe apropros of nothing mirite' at seemingly everything! (Also, `man --apropros` is the long option fwiw. I'm not really suggesting that as a better alternative though!)
- a-dub 5y agoding.
- pmarreck 5y agoTIL about the -k option. Whoa.