- Use the ‘man’ command (or manual) to find out details about different programs
- man pages have sections associated with them
- default is to show the lowest numbered section
- To view a specific section, use ‘man’ followed by the section number
- Manual Sections:
- 1 : executable commands
- 2 : system calls provided by the kernel
- 3 : library calls provided by program libraries
- 4 : device files (usually stored in /dev)
- 5 : file formats
- 6 : games
- 7 : miscellaneous (macro packages, conventions, etc…)
- 8 : system administration commands (programs run by root)
- 9 : kernel routines
- Manual Sections: