---
name: "fstrace_apropos"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "openafs-client"
version: "1.8.13.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fstrace_apropos"
---

# fstrace\_apropos(8)

Displays each help entry containing a keyword string

## NAME

fstrace\_apropos - Displays each help entry containing a keyword string

## SYNOPSIS

**fstrace apropos** **-topic** \<*help string*\> \[**-help**\]

**fstrace a** **-t** \<*help string*\> \[**-h**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **fstrace apropos** command displays the first line of the online help entry for any **fstrace** command that contains in its name or short description the string specified with the **-topic** argument.

To display a command's complete syntax, use the **fstrace help** command.

## OPTIONS

- **-topic** \<*help string*\>

  Specifies the keyword string to match, in lowercase letters only.  If the string is more than a single word, surround it with double quotes (`""`) or other delimiters.

- **-help**

  Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

## OUTPUT

The first line of a command's online help entry names it and briefly describes its function. This command displays the first line for any **fstrace** command where the string specified with the **-topic** argument is part of the command name or first line.

## EXAMPLES

The following command lists all **fstrace** commands that include the word `"set"` in their names or short descriptions:

```
   % fstrace apropos set
   clear: clear logs by logname or by event set
   lsset: list available event sets
   setlog: set the size of a log
   setset: set state of event sets
```

## PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

None

## SEE ALSO

[**fstrace**(8)](/fstrace/8.md), [**fstrace\_help**(8)](/fstrace_help/8.md)

## COPYRIGHT

IBM Corporation 2000. \<http://www.ibm.com/\> All Rights Reserved.

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