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		_wldu on March 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Oh-heck, a terminal command for when you ... I believe man -k just runs apropos.

killerbat00 on March 18, 2022 | [–]

Yep! man -k even has an ISO standard with which apropos is compliant https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#Standards

dllthomas on March 18, 2022 | [–]

Right. There's often a tension between features and ease of use.

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