Man pages are divided into section depending on topic. There are 9 different
sections numbered from 1 (General Commands) to 9 (Kernel Developer's Manual).
You can get an introduction to each topic by typing
man <number> intro
In other words, to get the intro to general commands, type
man 1 intro
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