Command: apropos

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Name:
 apropos - Search the command index for a regular expression.
Synopsis:
 (regexp) apropos -> -
          /regexp  apropos -> -
Description:
Apropos prints out all lines of the helpindex that match the regular
expression. The regular expression can be a simple string.
The search is case invariant. Apropos uses extended regular
expressions.
Parameters:
  regexp: Regular expression, either as a string or literal.
Examples:
  SLI ] /apropos apropos
  apropos              Search the command index for a regular expression.
  
  SLI ] /Apropos apropos
  apropos              Search the command index for a regular expression.
  
  SLI ] /Express* apropos
  apropos              Search the command index for a regular expression.
  EvaluateLiteralInfixes Evaluates an array of infix expressions
  ExecMath             execute a math expression.
  grep                 extract lines matching a regular expression pattern
  regcomp              Create a regular expression
  regexec              compare string and regular expression
  testsuite::test_iaf_psp_peak test of closed form expression for peak
  ToMathematicaExpression converts SLI data to Mathematica input
  
  SLI ] (regular expression) apropos
  apropos              Search the command index for a regular expression.
  regcomp              Create a regular expression
  regexec              compare string and regular expression
  
  SLI ] /DoWhatIWant apropos
  DoWhatIWant: nothing appropriate.
Diagnostics:
Raises /CannotConvertToRegexp if the expression cannot be converted
to a regular expression (see :regerror).
Raises /FileNotFound if the help index file cannot be found.
Author:
 R Kupper
FirstVersion:
 2008-jul-15
SeeAlso:helpindex help which regcomp
Source:
 /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/lib/sli/helpinit.sli

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