Man pages(short for manual pages)are the documentation that comes preinstalled with almost all Unix and Unix-like operating systems. The linux command used to display them is man. Each page is a self-contained document.
The following section numbers of the manual followed by the types of pages they contain.
1 Executable programs or shell commands (or) User-level commands
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
3 Library calls (functions within program libraries)
4 Special files (or) Devices and device drivers
5 File formats and conventions e.x:-/etc/passwd
6 Games
7 Miscellaneous (or) Various miscellaneous stuff - macro packages etc.(including macro packages &conventions), e.x:-man(7)
8 System administration commands (or) System maintenance and operation commands(usually only for root)
9 Kernel routines [Non standard]
To Create a PDF document for man page
syntax :-
man -t (command) | ps2pdf -> (command).pdf
ex:-
man -t man -t mkdir | ps2pdf -> mkdir.pdf
The following section numbers of the manual followed by the types of pages they contain.
1 Executable programs or shell commands (or) User-level commands
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
3 Library calls (functions within program libraries)
4 Special files (or) Devices and device drivers
5 File formats and conventions e.x:-/etc/passwd
6 Games
7 Miscellaneous (or) Various miscellaneous stuff - macro packages etc.(including macro packages &conventions), e.x:-man(7)
8 System administration commands (or) System maintenance and operation commands(usually only for root)
9 Kernel routines [Non standard]
To Create a PDF document for man page
syntax :-
man -t (command) | ps2pdf -> (command).pdf
ex:-
man -t man -t mkdir | ps2pdf -> mkdir.pdf
