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Manual sections
The manual is generally split into eight numbered sections, organized as follows (on Research Unix, BSD, macOS and Linux):[1][2][3][4]
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | General commands |
| 2 | System calls |
| 3 | Library functions, covering in particular the C standard library |
| 4 | Special files (usually devices, those found in /dev) and drivers |
| 5 | File formats and conventions |
| 6 | Games and screensavers |
| 7 | Miscellanea |
| 8 | System administration commands and daemons |
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See also
- Linux, Linux Foundation, Linux Kernel, man, BusyBox,
coreutils, ELF, taskset, shell, Linux distributions, X, Virtual console,whoami,.cer,-T,install, Link Time Optimization (LTO),--silent, NixOS,util-linux,execve, LinuxKit, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux - Blogs, Linux suggested reading, News, Kubernetes blogs, Announcements, Substack, X.com,
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