unix - Decoding a man page -


i'm taking git man page example, have seen example use many places throughout unix/linux.

under git man page, has following header:

main porcelain commands 

underneath header, there lot of commands dashes between such as:

git-clone 

since headed under commands assume means git-clone command (i know git clone [directory] valid.

but appears isn't - why man page list git-clone being command? man pages are good, if can decode them right.

on system says git-clone(1). name of man page command not command itself.

man git-clone gives:

synopsis       git clone [--template=<template_directory>] 

… showing space instead of dash.


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