[toddm]

man -k has been working just fine for me for 30+ years

[dllthomas]

Apropos has the compelling feature that I get to feel clever for knowing the word.

[OJFord]

Just don't be one of those people who go around saying 'hehe apropros of nothing mirite' at seemingly everything!

(Also, `man --apropros` is the long option fwiw. I'm not really suggesting that as a better alternative though!)

[_wldu]

I believe man -k just runs apropos.

[killerbat00]

Yep! man -k even has an ISO standard with which apropos is compliant https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#Standards

[dllthomas]

Right. There's often a tension between features and ease of use.

[pmarreck]

TIL about the -k option. Whoa.

[a-dub]

ding.