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.
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what does crypt(3) and whatnot mean [duplicate]
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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), ...
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What are the numbers in parentheses in the names of unix tools? [duplicate]
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what does crypt(3) and whatnot mean
I'm talking about, e.g. in the git Manual pages, on the git(1) page,
See gittutorial(7) to get started,
or
git-add(1)
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Bash Man Page: kill <pid> vs kill -9 <pid>
My man page does not document the difference between
kill <pid>
and
kill -9 <pid>
Since these do different things why is the -9 not documented in the kill manpage? I thought maybe ...
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What are the numbers in some unix manuals refering to? [duplicate]
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What are the numbers in parentheses in the names of unix tools?
Hello,
what these numbers I see in manual pages for linux commands?
See this gittutorial(7)[tutorial] to ...
