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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# whatis -- search the whatis database for keywords.  Like apropos,
+#           but match only commands (as whole words).
+#
+# Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, John W. Eaton.
+#
+# You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public
+# License as specified in the README file that comes with the man
+# distribution.  
+#
+# John W. Eaton
+# jwe@che.utexas.edu
+# Department of Chemical Engineering
+# The University of Texas at Austin
+# Austin, Texas  78712
+
+PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin
+
+libdir=%libdir%
+
+if [ $# = 0 ]
+then
+    echo "usage: `basename $0` name ..."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+manpath=`%bindir%/manpath -q | tr : '\040'`
+
+if [ "$manpath" = "" ]
+then
+    echo "whatis: manpath is null"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$PAGER" = "" ]
+then
+    PAGER="%pager%"
+fi
+
+while [ $1 ]
+do
+    found=0
+    for d in $manpath /usr/lib
+    do
+        if [ -f $d/whatis ]
+        then
+            grep -iw "^$1" $d/whatis
+            status=$?
+            if [ "$status" = "0" ]
+            then
+                found=1
+                export found;
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [ "$found" = "0" ]
+    then
+        echo "$1: nothing appropriate"
+    fi
+
+    shift
+done | $PAGER
+
+exit