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.TH sys_class 5 2026-09-09 "Linux man-pages 6.20"
.SH NAME
/sys/class/ \- device classes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.I /sys/class/
.SH DESCRIPTION
This subdirectory contains a single layer of further subdirectories
for each of the device classes that have been registered on the system
(e.g., terminals, network devices, block devices, graphics devices,
sound devices, and so on).
Inside each of these subdirectories are symbolic links for each of the
devices in this class.
These symbolic links refer to entries in the
.I /sys/devices/
directory.
.TP
.I /sys/class/net/
See
.BR sys_class_net (5).
.SH STANDARDS
Linux.
.SH HISTORY
Linux 2.6.0.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR sysfs (5)