Command: apropos

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Name:
apropos - Search the command index for a regular expression.
Synopsis:
(regexp) apropos -> -
/regexp apropos -> -
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.
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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.
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.
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:
Source:
/var/www/debian/nest/nest-simulator-2.20.0/lib/sli/helpinit.sli
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