To check whether different versions of a topic exist in different sections, enter man with the -l option:
trusted% man -l topic |
To specify man pages by section, use the man with the -s option:
trusted % man -s sectionnumber topic |
The following example shows the results of using the -l option to find all the Intro man pages.
trusted% man -l Intro Intro (1) -M /usr/man Intro (1m) -M /usr/man Intro (2) -M /usr/man Intro (3) -M /usr/man Intro (9f) -M /usr/man Intro (9s) -M /usr/man Intro (9e) -M /usr/man Intro (9) -M /usr/man Intro (4) -M /usr/man Intro (5) -M /usr/man Intro (7) -M /usr/man Intro (6) -M /usr/man |
By default, if you enter man topic in the Trusted Solaris environment without specifying the section and there are multiple sections containing man pages with the same name, the man page for the lowest numbered section displays, for example:
trusted% man Intro Trusted Solaris User Commands Intro(1) NAME Intro, intro - Introduction to commands and application programs DESCRIPTION ... |
The following example illustrates specifying a section number:
trusted% man -s7 intro Trusted Solaris Device and Network Interfaces Intro(7) NAME Intro, intro - Introduction to special files DESCRIPTION ... |