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I read man creat, man open and man close & i find man pages the best source to learn linux.

But i need a read map, i want to know a list of man pages that gives the high level overview and then subsections that dive into the details.

Please advise.

amin
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    & yes i did google this before posting the question :) – amin Dec 24 '18 at 11:57
  • `cd /usr/share/man2` followed by `ls` – Mark Setchell Dec 24 '18 at 12:07
  • Stack Overflow is a site for programming and development questions. You should use another site on the [Stack Exchange network](https://stackexchange.com/sites) for this question. Try `man man`. It tells you the manual sections. Then, read an entire section that pertains to programming. – jww Dec 25 '18 at 00:08

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So man -k intro gives a list including the following: 

intro (1)            - introduction to user commands
intro (2)            - introduction to system calls
intro (3)            - introduction to library functions
intro (4)            - introduction to special files
intro (5)            - introduction to file formats and filesystems
intro (6)            - introduction to games
intro (7)            - introduction to overview and miscellany section
intro (8)            - introduction to administration and privileged commands

Each one can be read by man intro.N (N being 1-8), these intro pages looks like the begining of chapters in the man documentation.

amin
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