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Man Pages
A manual (reference) page may have the following sections:
NAME, SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, OPTIONS, USAGE, ENVIRONMENT, FILES, SEE ALSO.
Manual pages are also organised into sections (or directories in
/usr/share/man/):
| Section | Type of pages |
|---|---|
| 1 | Executable programs or shell commands. |
| 2 | System calls (functions provided by the kernel) |
| 3 | Library calls (functions within program libraries) |
| 4 | Special files (usually found in /dev) |
| 5 | File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd |
| 6 | Games |
| 7 | Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions). |
| 8 | System administration commands (usually only for root) |
man 1 crontab man 5 crontab
- Move in the page with the Page Down, Page Up, or arrow keys.
- Use Q to quit.
- Use
/wordto search forword, then n to go to its following occurence, and N for the previous.
