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22 <P><STRONG>Purpose</STRONG>
23 <P>Displays the syntax of specified <B>package</B> commands or lists
24 functional descriptions of all <B>package</B> commands
25 <P><STRONG>Synopsis</STRONG>
26 <PRE><B>package help</B> [<B>-topic</B> <<VAR>help string</VAR>><SUP>+</SUP>] [<B>-help</B>]
28 <B>package h</B> [<B>-t</B> <<VAR>help string</VAR>><SUP>+</SUP>] [<B>-h</B>]
30 <P><STRONG>Description</STRONG>
31 <P>The <B>package help</B> command displays the complete online help entry
32 (short description and syntax statement) for each command operation code
33 specified by the <B>-topic</B> argument. If the <B>-topic</B>
34 argument is omitted, the output includes the first line (name and short
35 description) of the online help entry for every <B>package</B>
37 <P>To list every <B>package</B> command whose name or short description
38 includes a specified keyword, use the <B>package apropos</B>
40 <P><STRONG>Options</STRONG>
43 </B><DD>Indicates each command for which to display the complete online help
44 entry. Omit the <B>package</B> part of the command name, providing
45 only the operation code (for example, specify <B>initcmd</B>, not
46 <B>package initcmd</B>). If this argument is omitted, the output
47 briefly describes every <B>package</B> command.
49 </B><DD>Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options
52 <P><STRONG>Output</STRONG>
53 <P>The online help entry for each <B>package</B> command consists of the
54 following two or three lines:
56 <P><LI>The first line names the command and briefly describes its
58 <P><LI>The second line lists aliases for the command, if any.
59 <P><LI>The final line, which begins with the string <TT>Usage</TT>, lists the
60 command's options in the prescribed order. Online help entries use
61 the same symbols (for example, brackets) as the reference pages in this
64 <P><STRONG>Examples</STRONG>
65 <P>The following command displays the online help entry for the <B>package
67 <PRE> % <B>package help initcmd</B>
68 package initcmd: initialize the program
69 Usage: package [initcmd] [-config <base name of configuration file>]
70 [-fullconfig <full name of configuration file, or stdin for standard input>]
71 [-overwrite] [-noaction] [-verbose] [-silent] [-rebootfiles]
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79 <P><A HREF="auarf205.htm#HDRPACKAGE_APROPOS">package apropos</A>
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