MAKEWHATIS(8) - System Manager's Manual

MAKEWHATIS(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAKEWHATIS(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # makewhatis - index UNIX manuals SYNOPSIS # makewhatis [-aDnpQ] [-T utf8] [-C file] makewhatis [-aDnpQ] [-T utf8] dir … makewhatis [-DnpQ] [-T utf8] -d dir [file …] makewhatis [-Dnp] [-T utf8] -u dir [file …] makewhatis [-DQ] -t file … DESCRIPTION # The makewhatis utility extracts keywords from UNIX manuals and indexes them in a database for fast retrieval by apropos(1), whatis(1), and man(1). ...