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getservent(3N)

SERVICES(5)

NAME

services − database of Internet services

DESCRIPTION

The /etc/services file contains information regarding the known services available in the Internet.  Each service description consists of a single line that includes the following information: official service name port number protocol name aliases Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters.  The port number and protocol name are considered a single item. A / separates the port and protocol (e.g. “512/tcp”).  A # indicates the beginning of a comment; characters between a # and the next newline are not interpreted by routines that search the file. 

Service names may contain any printable character other than a field delimiter, newline, or comment character. 

FILES

/etc/services database of Internet services

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getservent(3N)

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