question about man(manual) !

shipon_97 · 09-30-2009, 01:52 AM

Dear Friends ,

I get a command related with manaul information of linux .
"man 7 signal"

here , would u plz tell me what is the meaning of this '7' value ? And how many number I can use here in lieu of number '7' ?

waiting for ur kind reply .. ..

sycamorex · 09-30-2009, 02:00 AM

7 means simply that the command 'signal' belongs to the 7th category of manual pages. The full list of categories can be found eg.here.

markush · 09-30-2009, 02:11 AM

Hi shipon_97,

read

Code:

man man

The number is useful if there are commands with the same name in different sections of the manpages. You can refer to a special section of the manpages using

Code:

man 7 signal

(in your case).

Markus

chrism01 · 09-30-2009, 07:54 PM

Here's a nice html version of the man pages, by section and searchable http://linux.die.net/man/