You can use apropos command to displays a list of all topics in the built-in user manual that are related to the subject. The syntax is:
apropos query apropos query | less apropos keywords | grep 'something'
In this example, we get the list of editing programs/commands that are available on a system:
apropos editor apropos editor | less
Sample outputs:
ed (1) - text editor ex (1p) - text editor mcedit (1) - Internal file editor of GNU Midnight Commander nano (1) - Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone psed (1) - a stream editor sed (1p) - stream editor sed (1) - stream editor for filtering and transforming text vi (1p) - screen-oriented (visual) display editor vim (1) - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
Finally, use whatis and man command to obtain information about the mcedit or vi command that apropos provides:
whatis mcedit whatis vi man vi man mcedit
