---
name: "kas_apropos"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "openafs-kpasswd"
version: "1.6.20-2+deb9u2"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kas_apropos"
---

# kas\_apropos(8)

Displays each help entry containing a keyword string

## NAME

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

## SYNOPSIS

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

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

## DESCRIPTION

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

To display the syntax for a command, use the **kas 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 **kas** command where the string specified with the **-topic** argument is part of the command name or first line.

## EXAMPLES

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

```
   % kas apropos key
   setkey: set a user's key
   stringtokey: convert a string to a key
```

## PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

None, and no password is required.

## SEE ALSO

[*kas*(8)](/kas/8.md), [*kas\_help*(8)](/kas_help/8.md)

## COPYRIGHT

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

This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.