Number in man page titles e.g. sleep(3)
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Re: Number in man page titles e.g. sleep(3)
#2Step 1: Read `man man`
Step 2: Feel the urge to write an article about that
Re: Number in man page titles e.g. sleep(3)
#3Confession. I think I haven't read manpages since stackoverflow and certainly not since LLMs.
Perhaps the modern version of "man" should be a program you can talk to.
Re: Number in man page titles e.g. sleep(3)
#4Step 1: Read `man man` Step 2: Feel the urge to write an article about that
I admire people who do that.
Writing down what you learn cements knowledge, and sharing what you write might help someone else.
Re: Number in man page titles e.g. sleep(3)
#5I looked up what the numbers mean a couple of times, but always forget it immediately
Re: Number in man page titles e.g. sleep(3)
#6Confession. I think I haven't read manpages since stackoverflow and certainly not since LLMs. Perhaps the modern version of "man" should be a program you can talk to.
i have made llms read manpages, it is great lol
Re: Number in man page titles e.g. sleep(3)
#7If you like man trivia (and why else would you be reading this?) you could check out the top comment at https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/405783/why-does-man...
(discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27994194)
Re: Number in man page titles e.g. sleep(3)
#8Step 1: Read `man man` Step 2: Feel the urge to write an article about that
Is there a man man man article that will explain how to read man man?
Re: Number in man page titles e.g. sleep(3)
#9If you like man trivia (and why else would you be reading this?) you could check out the top comment at https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/405783/why-does-man... (discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27994194 )
Reading this makes me wonder if Easter eggs are ever appropriate for something as ubiquitous as man.
Re: Number in man page titles e.g. sleep(3)
#10> (... less common section numbers)
One very important section number is 5 - it's for file formats. So if you forget the crontab format, you need to invoke `man 5 crontab` to read about it.