Manual Structure Cheat Sheet

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Manual Structure

Cheat Sheet

Section

Contains

Description

1

User Commands

Commands that can be run

from the shell by a normal user

(typically no administrative

privileges are needed)

2

System Calls

Programming functions used to

make calls to the Linux kernel

3

C Library Functions

Programming functions that

provide interfaces to specific

programming libraries.

4

Devices and Special

Files

File system nodes that

represent hardware devices or

software devices.

5

File Formats and

Conventions

The structure and format of file

types or specific configuration

files.

6

Games

Games available on the system

7

Miscellaneous

Overviews of miscellaneous

topics such as protocols,

filesystems and so on.

8

System administration

tools and Daemons

Commands that require root or

other administrative privileges

to use

Note: Sections 1, 5, 8 are what you will likely use most often.