NAME

       intro - introduction to special files

DESCRIPTION

       Section 4 of the manual describes special files (devices).

FILES

       /dev/* — device files

NOTES

   Authors and copyright conditions
       Look at the header of the manual page source for the author(s) and copyright conditions.  Note that these
       can be different from page to page!

SEE ALSO

       mknod(1), mknod(2), standards(7)

COLOPHON

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