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Man pages cover what topics?

Man pages cover what topics?

(Select THREE)

A.
superuser commands

B.
configuration commands

C.
system policies

D.
programming libraries

E.
kernel version information

Explanation/Reference:
There are twelve sections of the reference manuals. They are:
Section     Description
1         Commands and Application Programs
2         System Calls (used in programming languages)
3         Subroutines (used in programming languages)
4         File Formats
5         Miscellaneous
6         Games
7         Special Files
8         System Maintenance Procedures
local    Locally written man pages (third party software man pages.)
public  Public domain software man pages.
new     New software man pages.
old      Old/obsolete software man pages.


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