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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Template:Man

{{{2}}} – Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 4 from The Open Group

To be used for inserting manual page links into articles on Unix topics.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Manual section1

The section of the manual. e.g. if the manual page is 'ls(1)', the section is 1.

Suggested values
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Example
1
Stringrequired
Manual page name2

The name of the page you are referring to

Example
ls
Stringrequired
Source3

The name of a subpage in the 'Template:Man' namespace.

Suggested values
die.net Linux FreeBSD Darwin SUS Debian
Default
SUS
Example
FreeBSD
Stringsuggested
Page description4

Will appear after the link to the man page

Contentoptional
Style parameter5

Currently "inline" omits the attribution

Suggested values
inline
Stringoptional