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unix manual page - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Unix manual page
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  Unix man page
  
     <operating system> (Or "man page") A part of Unix's
     extensive on-line documentation.  To read a manual page, type
  
     	man [-s<section>] <page>
  
     at a shell prompt, e.g. "man ftp" (the section number can
     usually be omitted).  Pages are traditionally referred to
     using the notation "page(section)", e.g. ftp(1).
  
     Under SunOS (which is fairly typical), Section 1 covers
     commands, 2 system calls, 3 C library routines, 4 devices
     and networks, 5 file formats, 6 games and demos, 7
     miscellaneous, 8 system administration.  Each section has an
     introduction which can be obtained with, e.g., "man 2 intro".
  
     Manual pages are stored as nroff source files.  Formatted
     versions are also usually cached.
  
     Unix manual page: man(1).
  
     A Linux man gateway (http://foldoc.org/man.cgi).
  
     A Solaris man gateway (http://medsch.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/pdm/man.pl)
     .
  
     (2000-03-13)