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Subject: Re: what does it mean
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On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, george wrote:

> I sometimes see commands typed with a "(8)" next to them, such as
> "rmuser (8)"
> what does the (8) mean?

It means the man page for that command is in section 8 of the manual. ie
to gte its man page type man 8 rmuser.

To find what each manual section is about type man <section number> intro

Andrew