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Re:The Linux kernel can spawn processes on its own by woodruffw on Sunday June 12, 2022 @01:31AM (#31711716)
TIL about the `.N` suffix. I've always done `man N page`!
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Re:The Linux kernel can spawn processes on its own by 5e92cb50239222b on Sunday June 12, 2022 @01:37AM (#31711750)
I don't think it's very portable, actually. It doesn't work on any of the BSDs or OpenSolaris forks IIRC. A yet another alternative spelling `man 'select(2)'` should work everywhere, but many shells require you to escape parentheses (or put them in quotes as above), so I don't find it very useful.
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