precise
12.04 LTS | trusty
14.04 LTS | xenial
16.04 LTS | artful
17.10 | bionic
18.04 LTS | Section Description |
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| . | . | . | . | . | (1) - Executable programs or shell commands |
| . | . | . | . | . | (2) - System calls (functions provided by the kernel) |
| . | . | cron(3) | cron(3) | cron(3) | (3) - Library calls (functions within program libraries) |
| . | . | . | . | . | (4) - Special files (usually found in /dev) |
| . | . | . | . | . | (5) - File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd |
| . | . | . | . | . | (6) - Games |
| . | . | . | . | . | (7) - Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions) |
| cron(8) | cron(8) | cron(8) | cron(8) | cron(8) | (8) - System administration commands (usually only for root) |