What does the 1 in ls(1) refer to?

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Possible Duplicate: What do the parentheses and number after a Linux command or C function mean? I see that many utilities have a number in brackets after their name, for example or . What are these numbers called, and what do they reference?

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ls(1)

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The numbers refer to the manpage section the manpage belongs to: 1 Executable programs or shell commands 2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel) 3 Library calls (functions within program libraries) 4 Special files (usually found in /dev) 5…

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