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You can see which sections exist for a given page with &quot;-f&quot;<br />
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Try man -f printf or man -f crontab or man -f ls<br />
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A section suffixed with &quot;p&quot; contains the respective POSIX specifications.
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You can see which sections exist for a given page with "-f"

Try man -f printf or man -f crontab or man -f ls

A section suffixed with "p" contains the respective POSIX specifications.

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As always a great answer wmp
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Have read that there are sections in man pages. &nbsp;How do I get to them ? <br />
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Section - covers <br />
8 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - &nbsp;sysadmin special &nbsp;<br />
5 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- &nbsp;config <br />
1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- &nbsp;regular user commands<br />
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I need to be able to find this type of information fast from the man page. &nbsp;<br />
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redhat 5+
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Have read that there are sections in man pages.  How do I get to them ? 

Section - covers 
8           -  sysadmin special  
5            -  config 
1            -  regular user commands

I need to be able to find this type of information fast from the man page.  

redhat 5+

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