intro(4)


NAME

   intro - introduction to special files

DESCRIPTION

   Section 4 of the manual describes special files (devices).

FILES

   /dev/* --- device files

NOTES

   Authors and copyright conditions
   Look  at  the  header  of  the manual page source for the author(s) and
   copyright conditions.  Note that these can be different  from  page  to
   page!

SEE ALSO

   standards(7)

COLOPHON

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   description of the project, information about reporting bugs,  and  the
   latest     version     of     this    page,    can    be    found    at
   https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.


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