Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 09:55:07 +0200 (EET) From: Andrey Simonenko <simon@simon.org.ua> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: gnu/31685: apropos(1) manual page doesn't tell that keyword can be regular expression Message-ID: <20011101095226.L27435-100000@lion.com.ua>
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>Number: 31685 >Category: gnu >Synopsis: apropos(1) manual page doesn't tell that keyword can be regular expression >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 01 00:00:01 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Andrey Simonenko >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386 >Description: apropos(1) (and whatis(1)) manual page doesn't tell that a keyword can be a regular expression. apropos(1) uses grep(1), that's why it is possible to run something like this: $ apropos . /* list of all manual pages */ $ apropos '^[^(]*([18])' /* list of available commands */ However this is not docummented. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/man/apropos/apropos.man Mon Jan 22 13:03:29 2001 +++ apropos.man Wed Oct 31 02:32:02 2001 @@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ standard output. .Nm whatis displays only complete word matches. +.Pp +.Ar keyword +really is a regular expression, read grep(1) manual page for more information +about its format. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Nm >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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