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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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  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named mk
  2. man, tldr, man7.org, die.net, mankier.com, troff, explainshell.com
  3. "Manual Pages for Research Unix Eighth Edition". man.cat-v.org.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  4. "Unix Programmer's Manual - Introduction". www.bell-labs.com. November 3, 1971.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>

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