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Date:      Wed, 5 Nov 1997 16:38:41 +1100 (EST)
From:      andrew@ugh.net.au
To:        george <vagner@ti.com>
Cc:        The FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: what does it mean
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971105163741.9346A-100000@depravitas.tuu.utas.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <3460A9AB.B2F86504@ti.com>

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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




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