Sections Used in man Pages

Sections Used in man Pages
Section           Content
1                     Programs and shell commands that can be used by any user
2                     System functions provided by the Linux kernel
3                     Library functions
4                     Special files found in/dev
5                    File format descriptions and conventions
6                    Games
7                    Miscellaneous conventions
8                    Administrative utilities used by the root use
9                    Kernel routine documentation