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Introducing the File System
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Interpreting a Manual Page
All manual entries follow an established topic format, but not all topics are included
in each entry. This section introduces the following topics:
• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• EXAMPLES
• WARNINGS
NAME gives the name(s) of the command and briefly tells you what it does.
SYNOPSIS shows you the format of what to type to execute the command.
DESCRIPTION discusses what the command does in detail and introduces the
options associated with the command.
EXAMPLES shows examples of typical command entries.
WARNINGS discusses problems that may occur using the command.
Following, is an abbreviated version of the manual page for the ls command. Refer
to ls(1) in HP-UX Reference Vol. 1 for a complete list of the options associated with
ls.