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# apropos

apropos -- lists all Cascade Historian commands.

## Synopsis

    (apropos [pattern])

## Parameters

`pattern`

  A string containing a pattern to be matched against command names, supporting `*` and `?` wildcard characters. When this parameter is not specified, the default is `*`, to include all command names.

## Returns

A list of the command names, formatted as:

        (apropos command1 ... commandN)

on success, otherwise `(error)`.

## Description

This command provides a list of all the commands available in the driver that match the `pattern`. If no `pattern` is given, it means the equivalent of `*`, and the list will contain all command names.

## Example

        Hist> (apropos "bufferIdD*")
        (apropos bufferIdData bufferIdDataAscii bufferIdDestroy)

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