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 <keyword>

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
whoami
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