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As the previous replies stated, the "1" is the section of the manual the page you are requesting occurs in. If you have trouble remembering what the sections a
by nocman 7y ago
As the previous replies stated, the "1" is the section of the manual the page you are requesting occurs in.
If you have trouble remembering what the sections are, I recommend running "man man" in the terminal. The section numbers are explained near the beginning.
- jjgreen 7y agoIrix (IIRC) used to respond to the argumentless command "man" with the supremely snotty "appropo what", which made me laugh out loud the first time I saw it