On my OS X Yosemite, when running man man I was excepting to see a list of MANUAL SECTIONS and their number, but I don't. As a Windows user until lately, I'm not familiar with the meaning of the different section numbers that are printed in parenthesis next to the command name.
So how do I list them?
Such information on OS X is instead located in man manpages, which is also available online here:
MANUAL PAGE SECTIONS
The manual is divided into sections. Each section covers a particular subject area. The major manual page sections are:
1 General User Commands
2 System Calls
3 Library Routines (*)
4 Special Files and Sockets
5 File formats and Conventions
6 Games and Fun Stuff
7 Miscellaneous Documentation
8 System Administration
9 Kernel and Programming Style
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Run man manpages in Terminal or open that link to read more in-depth information.
