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For a walkthrough of all possible flags see the '''[[#Table of flags|table of flags]]''' below. | For a walkthrough of all possible flags see the '''[[#Table of flags|table of flags]]''' below. | ||
β | Below the flags there is a ''see also'' list with other ludicrous program names (blirb, [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blarb blarb] and [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blorp blorp]), each followed by a number in parentheses. This is a common way to refer to a command in Unix environments, where the number denotes the documentation section the program is found in. This serves to disambiguate man pages with the same name, in this instance those for the blerp command (section 1, "General | + | Below the flags there is a ''see also'' list with other ludicrous program names (blirb, [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blarb blarb] and [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blorp blorp]), each followed by a number in parentheses. This is a common way to refer to a command in Unix environments, where the number denotes the documentation section the program is found in. This serves to disambiguate man pages with the same name, in this instance those for the blerp command (section 1, "General commnds") and the blerp() C library function (section 3, "C library functions"). |
It is unknown which section the man page in this comic resides in. It looks like it could be in section 1, "General commands", which would make it self-referential. Section numbers only go up to 8, so blarb(51) is not a valid section number. The last blorp(501)(c)(3) is not a valid section number either, it is however a slightly covert reference to {{w|501(c)_organization#501.28c.29.283.29|501(c)(3)}} which is an organization that is {{w|Tax exemption|tax-exempt}}. | It is unknown which section the man page in this comic resides in. It looks like it could be in section 1, "General commands", which would make it self-referential. Section numbers only go up to 8, so blarb(51) is not a valid section number. The last blorp(501)(c)(3) is not a valid section number either, it is however a slightly covert reference to {{w|501(c)_organization#501.28c.29.283.29|501(c)(3)}} which is an organization that is {{w|Tax exemption|tax-exempt}}. |