.TH protocols "" "" "System Maintenance"
.PC "Name communications protocols"
.B /etc/protocols
.PP
The file
.B /etc/protocols
describes the Internet protocols that your local host recognizes.
Each line within this file describes one protocol;
and a description consists of the following fields:
.IP \(bu 0.3i
The protocol's official name.
.IP \(bu
Its number.
.IP \(bu
Aliases, if any, for the protocol name.
.PP
Any text that follows the character `#' is comment, and is ignored by
any program that reads this file.
.SH "See Also"
.B
system maintenance
.R
