Bug 31685

Summary: apropos(1) manual page doesn't tell that keyword can be regular expression
Product: Base System Reporter: simon <simon>
Component: gnuAssignee: Wolfram Schneider <wosch>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 4.4-STABLE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description simon 2001-11-01 08:00:01 UTC 
	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.
Comment 1 ashp freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-02-11 19:35:08 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->wosch

Reassigning this based on a recommendation from Ruslan.
Comment 2 Wolfram Schneider freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-03-09 20:00:34 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Fixed in src/gnu/usr.bin/man/apropos/apropos.man rev 1.9 
Thanks!