Folks:
I keep seeing references in some Linux texts that have
parenthetical numbers behind them. In the book "DNS and Bind"
(O'Reilly publishers) there's a reference to "hostname(1)" that is
driving me CRAZY!
I have pretty much figured out that such things refer to "man
pages" and I know what those are (I'm new to Linux, but not stupid!).
However, I'm stumped at the parenthetical reference. What the blazes
is THIS? Is it a paragraph description? ... a section? ... or??
I tried "man hostname" and read the entire (short)
description. Nowhere was the "(1)" used. Moreover, trying "man
hostname(1)" throws an error. What gives?
I often HATE being a Linux newbie. Anybody care to help me
salve my ego, here? TIA
Patrick Beart
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