What does the number in parentheses shown after Unix command names in manpages mean?

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It's the section that the man page for the command is assigned to. These are split as General commands System calls C library functions Special files (usually devices, those found in /dev) and drivers File formats and conventions Games and screensavers Miscellanea System administration commands and daemons Original descriptions of each section can be seen in the Unix Programmer's Manual (page ii). In order to access a man page given as "foo(5)", run: man 5 foo