man crontab(5) vs crontab(1)
 

What's the difference between crontab(1) and crontab(5)?

When I run "man crontab", under SEE ALSO it says crontab(5), cron(8).

However "man crontab(5)" returns:
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `crontab(5'

How can I "SEE ALSO crontab(5)"?

(Redhat)

Thanks,

Gregory

Man pages are grouped into sections. Section 1 is for linux commands, section 5 is for file formats. Indeed crontab(5) describes the format of the crontab file, whereas crontab(1) describes the command usage. To access a manual page in a particular section, use either
For further details:

man Sections
 

Oh, cool! So, based on what I see in man man, the (1) and (5) are sections.

Thank you very much.

Gregory