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2 <refentry id="pts_apropos1">
4 <refentrytitle>pts apropos</refentrytitle>
5 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
8 <refname>pts apropos</refname>
9 <refpurpose>Displays each help entry containing a keyword string</refpurpose>
12 <title>Synopsis</title>
13 <para><emphasis role="bold">pts apropos</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">-topic</emphasis> <<emphasis>help string</emphasis>> [<emphasis role="bold">-help</emphasis>]</para>
15 <para><emphasis role="bold">pts ap</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">-t</emphasis> <<emphasis>help string</emphasis>> [<emphasis role="bold">-h</emphasis>]</para>
19 <title>Description</title>
20 <para>The <emphasis role="bold">pts apropos</emphasis> command displays the first line of the online help
21 entry for any <emphasis role="bold">pts</emphasis> command that has in its name or short description the
22 string specified by the <emphasis role="bold">-topic</emphasis> argument.</para>
24 <para>To display the syntax for a command, use the <emphasis role="bold">pts help</emphasis> command.</para>
28 <title>Options</title>
31 <term><emphasis role="bold">-topic</emphasis> <<emphasis>help string</emphasis>></term>
33 <para>Specifies the keyword string to match, in lowercase letters only. If the
34 string is more than a single word, surround it with double quotes ("") or
35 other delimiters.</para>
40 <term><emphasis role="bold">-help</emphasis></term>
42 <para>Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are
51 <para>The first line of a command's online help entry names it and briefly
52 describes its function. This command displays the first line for any
53 <emphasis role="bold">pts</emphasis> command in which the string specified by the <emphasis role="bold">-topic</emphasis> argument is
54 part of the command name or first line.</para>
58 <title>Examples</title>
59 <para>The following command lists all pts commands that include the word
60 <computeroutput>create</computeroutput> in their names or short descriptions:</para>
64 creategroup: create a new group
65 createuser: create a new user
70 <title>Privilege Required</title>
75 <title>See Also</title>
76 <para><link linkend="pts1">pts(1)</link>,
77 <link linkend="pts_help1">pts_help(1)</link></para>
81 <title>Copyright</title>
82 <para>IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.</para>
84 <para>This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was
85 converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ
86 Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.</para>