List all commands containing a specified phrase.

Syntax

APROPOS phrase

Parameters

phrase

Commands containing this phrase (i.e., string of characters) will be listed.

Description

The APROPOS command is perfect for identifying commands whose name you can't quite recall but have on the "tip of your tongue". Each command containing the specified phrase in the command name, associated qualifier or parameter, or brief description will be listed.

Examples

Suppose that you know that there are commands to manipulate your mail wastebasket but do not know offhand what those commands are. With the APROPOS command, you can quickly identify them:

EMAIL> APROPOS WASTEBASKET compress/nopurge compress/purge purge set auto_purge set noauto_purge set wastebasket_name ... show wastebasket EMAIL>

The ..." appearing in "set wastebasket_name ..." merely indicates that that command takes one or more parameters.