man pages are separate in different categories which is called "chapter" In the Man page, chapter as a number displayed just after the command name. The number meanings are list below.
- User commands
- System calls
- Library calls
- Special files
- File formats
- Games
- Miscellaneous
- Administrative commands
The 1 5 8 are more important. man 5 passwd will display chapter 5 of passwd man page.
Inside the man page there are some command can be use to navigate useful part of the page.
/
Search for text
n/N Next/Previous match
q Exit man page
man -k search all man pages which matched keyword.
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