What does the linux command below do ?
$ man 5 passwd
man $section $file
Therefor, when referring to the man page of the passwd command, you will see it written as passwd(1) ; when referring to the passwd file , you will see it written as passwd(5) . The screenshot explains how to open the man page in the correct section.
[paul@RHEL52 ~]$ man passwd # opens the first manual found [paul@RHEL52 ~]$ man 5 passwd # opens a page from section 5
What does the linux command below do ?
$ man 5 passwd
What does the linux command below do ?
$ man 5 passwd
man $section $file
Therefor, when referring to the man page of the passwd command, you will see it written as passwd(1) ; when referring to the passwd file , you will see it written as passwd(5) . The screenshot explains how to open the man page in the correct section.
[paul@RHEL52 ~]$ man passwd # opens the first manual found [paul@RHEL52 ~]$ man 5 passwd # opens a page from section 5
| status | not learned | measured difficulty | 37% [default] | last interval [days] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| repetition number in this series | 0 | memorised on | scheduled repetition | ||||
| scheduled repetition interval | last repetition or drill |