[H-GEN] Man pages (number)

[Ewan Edwards]

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On Thursday 25 September 2003 06:07 am, Robert Brockway wrote:
> >
> > What do the numbers represent and how do I get the man interfaces(1)
>
> The numbers represent the section of the manual that the commands are in.
> See man man(1) for the list of manual sections.  If you want to reach a
> command in a certain part of the manual, put it before the command you are
> querying, eg:
>
> man 1 passwd
> man 5 passwd

And if, like me until a few minutes ago, you have no idea what this "manual 
sections" thing is all about, try this;

man 7 man


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