Manual Structure

Cheat Sheet

Section Contains Description

Commands that can be run
from the shell by a normal user
1 User Commands
(typically no administrative
privileges are needed)
Programming functions used to
2 System Calls
make calls to the Linux kernel
Programming functions that
3 C Library Functions provide interfaces to specific
programming libraries.
File system nodes that
Devices and Special
4 represent hardware devices or
Files
software devices.
The structure and format of file
File Formats and
5 types or specific configuration
Conventions
files.

6 Games Games available on the system

Overviews of miscellaneous
7 Miscellaneous topics such as protocols,
filesystems and so on.
Commands that require root or
System administration
8 other administrative privileges
tools and Daemons
to use

Note: Sections 1, 5, 8 are what you will likely use most often.