vos_apropos - Displays each help entry containing a keyword string
vos apropos -topic <
help string>
[
-help]
vos ap -t <
help string> [
-h]
The
vos apropos command displays the first line of the online help entry
for any
vos command that has in its name or short description the
string specified by the
-topic argument.
To display the syntax for a command, use the
vos help command.
-
-topic <help string>
- Specifies the keyword string to match. Use lowercase
letters only, except for the acronym "VLDB". If the string is
more than a single word, surround it with double quotes ("") or
other delimiters.
- -help
- Prints the online help for this command. All other valid
options are ignored.
The first line of a command's online help entry names it and briefly describes
its function. This command displays the first line for any
vos command
where the string specified with the
-topic argument is part of the
command name or first line.
The following command displays all vos commands that include the word
lock in their names or short descriptions:
% vos apropos lock
lock: lock VLDB entry for a volume
unlock: release lock on VLDB entry for a volume
unlockvldb: unlock all the locked entries in the VLDB
None
vos(1),
vos_help(1)
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