Can I view a specific chapter in a manual?

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I tried man socket(2) in WSL Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial).

This is after I got a recommendation to see chapter 2 in a man of the socket utility.

I tried man socket(2) not man socket 2 as seen from history. Edited and sorry ! — , Feb 13 '19 at 19:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 11 '20 at 14:16

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You can use man <section_number> <package_name>, i.e. man 2 socket

Or man <package_name>.<section_number>, i.e. man socket.2.

From man man:

man man.7

Display the manual page for macro package man from section 7.

And also from man man:

man [[section] page[.section] ...]

edited Jun 11 '20 at 14:16

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answered Feb 13 '19 at 19:30

Prvt_Yadav

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 13 '19 at 19:40

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Section 2 is the section that deals with system calls. To read a man page in that section you append a .2 to the system call. So the socket(2) manual is found by entering:

man socket.2

Can I view a specific chapter in a manual?

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