Re: references to command(8) command(1) etc The only references I have seen like this refer to manual pages. The man pages are organised into sections I believe. So for example man 1 rm gets you the manual page on rm If you enter: man man you should get more info on this Tim -- Gllug mailing list - Gllug at gllug.org.uk http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug