try:
apropos . > mycatalog.txt
if you want the list in alphabetical order:
apropos . | sort > mycatalog.txt
Ed.
Mario Lombardo wrote:
> I'm using Debian. Somtimes I use the "whatis" command to find out what
> I program does. I understand it derives its information from the top
> line description of the man page of the particular command.
>
> I would like to peruse all of the commands in the whatis/man database in
> the whatis format, so I can find more neat programs. For example:
>
> prompt> whatis chfn
> chfn (1) - change user name and information
>
> How can I, script or otherwise, dump all of this information into a text
> catalog-like file so I can print it?
>
> Thanks,
> Mario
>
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