MAN(1) Manual pager utils MAN(1)

NAME
man – an interface to the system reference manuals

SYNOPSIS
man [man options] [[section] page …] …
man -k [apropos options] regexp …
man -K [man options] [section] term …
man -f [whatis options] page …
man -l [man options] file …
man -w|-W [man options] page …

DESCRIPTION
man is the system’s manual pager. Each page argument given to man is normally the name
of a program, utility or function. The manual page associated with each of these argu‐
ments is then found and displayed. A section, if provided, will direct man to look only
in that section of the manual. The default action is to search in all of the available
sections following a pre-defined order (see DEFAULTS), and to show only the first page
found, even if page exists in several sections.

   The table below shows the section numbers of the manual followed by the  types  of  pages
   they contain.

   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, e.g. /etc/passwd
   6   Games
   7   Miscellaneous  (including  macro  packages  and  conventions), e.g. man(7), groff(7),
       man-pages(7)
   8   System administration commands (usually only for root)
   9   Kernel routines [Non standard]

   A manual page consists of several sections.

   Conventional section names include NAME, SYNOPSIS, CONFIGURATION,  DESCRIPTION,  OPTIONS,
   EXIT STATUS,  RETURN VALUE,  ERRORS,  ENVIRONMENT, FILES, VERSIONS, CONFORMING TO, NOTES,
   BUGS, EXAMPLE, AUTHORS, and SEE ALSO.