I can’t remember the name of the command I need

I can’t remember the name of the command I need

The apropos command searches a database of commands, using keywords:

apropos 

Note that your keyword might not work. So try different keywords until it does!

If apropos does not work, you probably need to rebuild the whatis database with this command:

/usr/sbin/makewhatis
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