The Linux command "man" displays manpages
The Linux command man displays manpages
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What do the parentheses and number after a Unix command or C function mean?
I keep seeing parentheses and a number after a command in Unix or Linux or C function.
For example: man(8), ftok(2), mount(8), etc.
What do these mean? I see them in man too.
Malfist
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How to install man pages for C standard library functions in Ubuntu?
In my university, I can do such things as:
man strlen
man strcpy
man msgget
man msgctl
and a nice manual page appears. On my PC I get
$ man strcat
No manual entry for strcat
Any help on how to get those documentation pages into my computer?
Manuel Araoz
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Bash Man Page: kill vs kill -9
My man page does not document the difference between
kill
and
kill -9
Since these do different things why is the -9 not documented in the kill manpage? I thought maybe it was a shell specific things so I looked in the bash man page…
sixtyfootersdude
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What does the 1 in ls(1) refer to?
Possible Duplicate:
What do the parentheses and number after a Linux command or C function mean?
I see that many utilities have a number in brackets after their name, for example ls(1) or symlink(7). What are these numbers called, and what do…
Douglas
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What do the underlined words in Unix man pages do?
This may be a really dumb question, but I think that I remember hearing that they link to other pages and that there is away to follow the link.
Maybe it is just for emphasis
Tom
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How can I make the man command not use a pager?
How can I force the man command to not use a pager, and instead output the whole manpage at once and keep all highlighting?
If I use man -P cat or man | cat, I lose highlighting.
tig
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man page only found after ran with root
When I try to run man page on my Red Hat as a normal user I get "No manual entry for zip"
If I change to root run: "man zip" and then I get the man page and afterwards I see the same man page as I did with root. Is there some kind of man page…
7368616d696c
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Enabling mouse scrolling in OS X terminal man pages
I have been trying to find a way for the OS X Terminal to accept the mouse input to scroll in the man pages.
I have installed SIMBL and MouseTerm but this does not enable scrolling in the man pages.
Any sugestions?
user1243503
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What's the difference between "uname -r" and "uname -v"?
I am using CentOS 6.2. In the man page of uname (i.e., man uname), it says:
-r, --kernel-release
print the kernel release
-v, --kernel-version
print the kernel version
While trying the command, it shows…
max
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Why does $ find -delete not work sometimes?
I think what I'm talking about is this part of the manpage, which is just barely too indecipherable for me:
-delete
... It will not attempt to delete a filename with a ``/'' character in its
pathname relative to ``.'' for security…
NReilingh
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Confusion about the `conntrack` extension of `iptables`
The iptables-extensions manpage has this to say about the conntrack extension (emphasis mine):
This module, when combined with connection tracking, allows access to the connection tracking state for this packet/connection.
I thought conntrack is…
Kal
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what does crypt(3) and whatnot mean
Possible Duplicate:
What do the parentheses and number after a Linux command or C function mean?
In Linux Manpages (http://linux.die.net/man/3/crypt) I often see sth like this: crypt(3), bla(4), bla(5)
What is the full meaning of these…
Hans
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Linux: disable man from showing mans in non-English languages
On my Linux there are some outdated translated mans installed. I want to prohibit man utility from showing them.
I want to do this permanently, while saving a current locale.
What environment settings should I change (setenv in .profile) to limit…
osgx
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Linux Man command help
Are there any tricks/sites/methods to use the linux man command in a more convenient way ? I love commands in terminal but for some strange reason I preferred to type man in firefox then in the terminal. The output is so long and I have to scroll…
johnlemon
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How to access sub-pages of a man page
If I type
man perl
on the command line, I get the man page for perl, which lists all of the sections into which the perl man pages have been split. How do I access one of these sections? For instance, the first section is perlintro, but if I…
bsamek
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