man section

Man pages are grouped into sections. To see the full list of Linux man pages for a section, pick one of:

Section 1

user commands ( introduction)

Section 2

system calls ( introduction)

Section 3

library functions ( introduction)

Section 4

special files ( introduction)

Section 5

file formats ( introduction)

Section 6

games ( introduction)

Section 7

conventions and miscellany ( introduction)

Section 8

administration and privileged commands ( introduction)

Section L

math library functions

Section N

tcl functions