man-pages/README.md

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man-pages

A large collection of man pages (reference material) from the Linux Documentation Project (LDP). The man pages are organized into the following sections:

  • Section 1 : user commands (intro, and pages not maintained by FSF)
  • Section 2 : system calls
  • Section 3 : libc calls
  • Section 4 : devices (e.g., hd, sd)
  • Section 5 : file formats and protocols (e.g., wtmp, /etc/passwd, nfs)
  • Section 6 : games (intro only)
  • Section 7 : conventions, macro packages, etc.
  • Section 8 : system administration (intro only)