This package contains GNU/Linux manual pages for these sections:
The man pages describe syntaxes of several system files.
4 = Devices (e.g. hd, sd).
5 = File formats and protocols, syntaxes of several system
files (e.g. wtmp, /etc/passwd, nfs).
7 = Conventions and standards, macro packages, etc.(e.g. nroff, ascii).
Sections 1, 6 and 8 are provided by the respective applications. This package only includes the intro man page describing the section.The man pages describe syntaxes of several system files.
| Original maintainer | Dr. Tobias Quathamer |
|---|---|
| Homepage | https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ |
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| Distribution | Version | Since | Package | Installed | Packager | |
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| deb | 4.16-2 | 2019-06-17 | 1.24 MiB | 1.46 MiB | Martin Schulze |
| deb | 5.04-1~bpo10+1 | 2019-11-26 | 1.28 MiB | 1.52 MiB | Dr. Tobias Quathamer |
| deb | 4.10-2 | 2017-11-10 | 1.17 MiB | 1.39 MiB | Martin Schulze |
| deb | 4.16-1~bpo9+1 | 2018-06-19 | 1.22 MiB | 1.44 MiB | Martin Schulze |
| deb | 4.13-3 | 2017-11-10 | 1.15 MiB | 1.41 MiB | Ubuntu Developers |
| deb | 4.15-1 | 2018-02-03 | 1.18 MiB | 1.44 MiB | Ubuntu Developers |
| deb | 4.16-1 | 2019-01-14 | 1.18 MiB | 1.44 MiB | Ubuntu Developers |
| deb | 4.16-1 | 2019-01-14 | 1.18 MiB | 1.44 MiB | Ubuntu Developers |
| deb | 5.02-1 | 2019-08-03 | 1.24 MiB | 1.5 MiB | Ubuntu Developers |
| deb | 5.05-1 | 2020-02-10 | 1.25 MiB | 1.52 MiB | Ubuntu Developers |
| deb | 4.04-2 | 2017-11-10 | 1.04 MiB | 1.28 MiB | Ubuntu Developers |
Manual pages
getent(1)
getent - get entries from Name Service Switch libraries
iconv(1)
iconv - convert text from one character encoding to another
intro(1)
intro - introduction to user commands
ldd(1)
ldd - print shared object dependencies
locale(1)
locale - get locale-specific information
localedef(1)
localedef - compile locale definition files
memusage(1)
memusage - profile memory usage of a program
memusagestat(1)
memusagestat - generate graphic from memory profiling data
mtrace(1)
mtrace - interpret the malloc trace log
pldd(1)
pldd - display dynamic shared objects linked into a process
sprof(1)
sprof - read and display shared object profiling data
intro(2)
intro - introduction to system calls
intro(3)
intro - introduction to library functions
cciss(4)
cciss - HP Smart Array block driver
console(4)
console - console terminal and virtual consoles
console_codes(4)
console_codes - Linux console escape and control sequences
console_ioctl(4)
ioctl_console - ioctls for console terminal and virtual consoles
cpuid(4)
cpuid - x86 CPUID access device
dsp56k(4)
dsp56k - DSP56001 interface device
full(4)
full - always full device
fuse(4)
fuse - Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) device
hd(4)
hd - MFM/IDE hard disk devices
hpsa(4)
hpsa - HP Smart Array SCSI driver
initrd(4)
initrd - boot loader initialized RAM disk
intro(4)
intro - introduction to special files
lirc(4)
lirc - lirc devices
loop(4)
loop, loop-control - loop devices
lp(4)
lp - line printer devices
mem(4)
mem, kmem, port - system memory, kernel memory and system ports
mouse(4)
mouse - serial mouse interface
msr(4)
msr - x86 CPU MSR access device
null(4)
null, zero - data sink
pts(4)
ptmx, pts - pseudoterminal master and slave
ram(4)
ram - ram disk device
random(4)
random, urandom - kernel random number source devices
rtc(4)
rtc - real-time clock
sd(4)
sd - driver for SCSI disk drives
sk98lin(4)
sk98lin - Marvell/SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet driver v6.21
smartpqi(4)
smartpqi - Microsemi Smart Family SCSI driver
st(4)
st - SCSI tape device
tty(4)
tty - controlling terminal
ttyS(4)
ttyS - serial terminal lines
tty_ioctl(4)
ioctl_tty - ioctls for terminals and serial lines
vcs(4)
vcs, vcsa - virtual console memory
veth(4)
veth - Virtual Ethernet Device
wavelan(4)
wavelan - AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver
acct(5)
acct - process accounting file
charmap(5)
charmap - character set description file
core(5)
core - core dump file
dir_colors(5)
dir_colors - configuration file for dircolors(1)
elf(5)
elf - format of Executable and Linking Format (ELF) files
filesystems(5)
filesystems - Linux filesystem types: ext, ext2, ext3, ext4, hpfs, iso9660, JFS, minix, msdos, ncpfs nfs, ntfs, proc, Reiserfs, smb, sysv, umsdos, vfat, XFS, xiafs,
gai.conf(5)
gai.conf - getaddrinfo(3) configuration file
group(5)
group - user group file
host.conf(5)
host.conf - resolver configuration file
hosts(5)
hosts - static table lookup for hostnames
hosts.equiv(5)
hosts.equiv - list of hosts and users that are granted "trusted" r command access to your system
intro(5)
intro - introduction to file formats and filesystems
issue(5)
issue - prelogin message and identification file
locale(5)
locale - describes a locale definition file
motd(5)
motd - message of the day
networks(5)
networks - network name information
nologin(5)
nologin - prevent unprivileged users from logging into the system
nss(5)
nss - Name Service Switch configuration file
nsswitch.conf(5)
nsswitch.conf - Name Service Switch configuration file
proc(5)
proc - process information pseudo-filesystem
protocols(5)
protocols - protocols definition file
repertoiremap(5)
repertoiremap - map symbolic character names to Unicode code points
resolv.conf(5)
resolv.conf - resolver configuration file
rpc(5)
rpc - RPC program number data base
securetty(5)
securetty - file which lists terminals from which root can log in
services(5)
services - Internet network services list
shells(5)
shells - pathnames of valid login shells
slabinfo(5)
slabinfo - kernel slab allocator statistics
sysfs(5)
sysfs - a filesystem for exporting kernel objects
termcap(5)
termcap - terminal capability database
ttytype(5)
ttytype - terminal device to default terminal type mapping
tzfile(5)
tzfile - timezone information
utmp(5)
utmp, wtmp - login records
intro(6)
intro - introduction to games
address_families(7)
address_families - socket address families (domains)
aio(7)
aio - POSIX asynchronous I/O overview
armscii-8(7)
armscii-8 - Armenian character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
arp(7)
arp - Linux ARP kernel module.
ascii(7)
ascii - ASCII character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
attributes(7)
attributes - POSIX safety concepts
boot(7)
boot - System bootup process based on UNIX System V Release 4
bootparam(7)
bootparam - introduction to boot time parameters of the Linux kernel
bpf-helpers(7)
BPF-HELPERS - list of eBPF helper functions
capabilities(7)
capabilities - overview of Linux capabilities
cgroups(7)
cgroups - Linux control groups
cgroup_namespaces(7)
cgroup_namespaces - overview of Linux cgroup namespaces
charsets(7)
charsets - character set standards and internationalization
complex(7)
complex - basics of complex mathematics
cp1251(7)
cp1251 - CP 1251 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
cp1252(7)
cp1252 - CP 1252 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
cpuset(7)
cpuset - confine processes to processor and memory node subsets
credentials(7)
credentials - process identifiers
ddp(7)
ddp - Linux AppleTalk protocol implementation
environ(7)
environ - user environment
epoll(7)
epoll - I/O event notification facility
fanotify(7)
fanotify - monitoring filesystem events
feature_test_macros(7)
feature_test_macros - feature test macros
fifo(7)
fifo - first-in first-out special file, named pipe
futex(7)
futex - fast user-space locking
glob(7)
glob - globbing pathnames
hier(7)
hier - description of the filesystem hierarchy
hostname(7)
hostname - hostname resolution description
icmp(7)
icmp - Linux IPv4 ICMP kernel module.
inode(7)
inode - file inode information
inotify(7)
inotify - monitoring filesystem events
intro(7)
intro - introduction to overview and miscellany section
ip(7)
ip - Linux IPv4 protocol implementation
ipc_namespaces(7)
ipc_namespaces - overview of Linux IPC namespaces
ipv6(7)
ipv6 - Linux IPv6 protocol implementation
iso_8859-1(7)
iso_8859-1 - ISO 8859-1 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-10(7)
iso_8859-10 - ISO 8859-10 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-11(7)
iso_8859-11 - ISO 8859-11 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-13(7)
iso_8859-13 - ISO 8859-13 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-14(7)
iso_8859-14 - ISO 8859-14 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-15(7)
iso_8859-15 - ISO 8859-15 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-16(7)
iso_8859-16 - ISO 8859-16 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-2(7)
iso_8859-2 - ISO 8859-2 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-3(7)
iso_8859-3 - ISO 8859-3 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-4(7)
iso_8859-4 - ISO 8859-4 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-5(7)
iso_8859-5 - ISO 8859-5 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-6(7)
iso_8859-6 - ISO 8859-6 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-7(7)
iso_8859-7 - ISO 8859-7 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-8(7)
iso_8859-8 - ISO 8859-8 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-9(7)
iso_8859-9 - ISO 8859-9 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
keyrings(7)
keyrings - in-kernel key management and retention facility
koi8-r(7)
koi8-r - Russian character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
koi8-u(7)
koi8-u - Ukrainian character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
libc(7)
libc - overview of standard C libraries on Linux
locale(7)
locale - description of multilanguage support
mailaddr(7)
mailaddr - mail addressing description
man(7)
man - macros to format man pages
man-pages(7)
man-pages - conventions for writing Linux man pages
math_error(7)
math_error - detecting errors from mathematical functions
mdoc(7)
mdoc - semantic markup language for formatting manual pages
mdoc.samples(7)
mdoc.samples - tutorial sampler for writing BSD manuals with -mdoc
mount_namespaces(7)
mount_namespaces - overview of Linux mount namespaces
mq_overview(7)
mq_overview - overview of POSIX message queues
namespaces(7)
namespaces - overview of Linux namespaces
netdevice(7)
netdevice - low-level access to Linux network devices
netlink(7)
netlink - communication between kernel and user space (AF_NETLINK)
network_namespaces(7)
network_namespaces - overview of Linux network namespaces
nptl(7)
nptl - Native POSIX Threads Library
numa(7)
numa - overview of Non-Uniform Memory Architecture
operator(7)
operator - C operator precedence and order of evaluation
packet(7)
packet - packet interface on device level
path_resolution(7)
path_resolution - how a pathname is resolved to a file
persistent-keyring(7)
persistent-keyring - per-user persistent keyring
pid_namespaces(7)
pid_namespaces - overview of Linux PID namespaces
pipe(7)
pipe - overview of pipes and FIFOs
pkeys(7)
pkeys - overview of Memory Protection Keys
posixoptions(7)
posixoptions - optional parts of the POSIX standard
process-keyring(7)
process-keyring - per-process shared keyring
pthreads(7)
pthreads - POSIX threads
pty(7)
pty - pseudoterminal interfaces
random(7)
random - overview of interfaces for obtaining randomness
raw(7)
raw - Linux IPv4 raw sockets
regex(7)
regex - POSIX.2 regular expressions
rtld-audit(7)
rtld-audit - auditing API for the dynamic linker
rtnetlink(7)
rtnetlink - Linux IPv4 routing socket
sched(7)
sched - overview of CPU scheduling
sem_overview(7)
sem_overview - overview of POSIX semaphores
session-keyring(7)
session-keyring - session shared process keyring
shm_overview(7)
shm_overview - overview of POSIX shared memory
sigevent(7)
sigevent - structure for notification from asynchronous routines
signal(7)
signal - overview of signals
signal-safety(7)
signal-safety - async-signal-safe functions
socket(7)
socket - Linux socket interface
sock_diag(7)
sock_diag - obtaining information about sockets
spufs(7)
spufs - SPU filesystem
standards(7)
XStandards - X Window System Standards and Specifications
suffixes(7)
suffixes - list of file suffixes
svipc(7)
svipc - System V interprocess communication mechanisms
symlink(7)
symlink - symbolic link handling
sysvipc(7)
sysvipc - System V interprocess communication mechanisms
tcp(7)
tcp - TCP protocol
termio(7)
termio - System V terminal driver interface
thread-keyring(7)
thread-keyring - per-thread keyring
time(7)
time - overview of time and timers
udp(7)
udp - User Datagram Protocol for IPv4
udplite(7)
udplite - Lightweight User Datagram Protocol
unicode(7)
unicode - universal character set
units(7)
units - decimal and binary prefixes
unix(7)
unix - sockets for local interprocess communication
uri(7)
uri, url, urn - uniform resource identifier (URI), including a URL or URN
user-keyring(7)
user-keyring - per-user keyring
user-session-keyring(7)
user-session-keyring - per-user default session keyring
user_namespaces(7)
user_namespaces - overview of Linux user namespaces
utf-8(7)
UTF-8 - an ASCII compatible multibyte Unicode encoding
uts_namespaces(7)
uts_namespaces - overview of Linux UTS namespaces
vdso(7)
vdso - overview of the virtual ELF dynamic shared object
vsock(7)
vsock - Linux VSOCK address family
x25(7)
x25 - ITU-T X.25 / ISO-8208 protocol interface.
xattr(7)
xattr - Extended attributes
iconvconfig(8)
iconvconfig - create iconv module configuration cache
intro(8)
intro - introduction to administration and privileged commands
ld.so(8)
ld.so, ld-linux.so - dynamic linker/loader
ldconfig(8)
ldconfig - configure dynamic linker run-time bindings
sln(8)
sln - create symbolic links
tzselect(8)
tzselect - select a timezone
zdump(8)
zdump - timezone dumper
zic(8)
zic - timezone compiler
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