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32.Dd October 26, 2013
33.Dt INTRO 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm intro
37.Nd introduction to general commands (tools and utilities)
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39Section one of the manual contains most of the commands
40which comprise the
41.Bx
42user environment.
43Some of the commands included in section one are
44text editors, command shell interpreters,
45searching and sorting tools,
46file manipulation commands,
47system status commands,
48remote file copy commands, mail commands,
49compilers and compiler tools,
50formatted output tools,
51and line printer commands.
52.Pp
53All commands set a status value upon exit which may be tested
54to see if the command completed normally.
55The exit values and their meanings are explained in the individual
56manuals.
57Traditionally, the value 0 signifies successful completion of the command.
58.Sh SEE ALSO
59.Xr man 1 ,
60.Xr intro 2 ,
61.Xr intro 3 ,
62.Xr intro 3lua ,
63.Xr intro 4 ,
64.Xr intro 5 ,
65.Xr intro 6 ,
66.Xr intro 7 ,
67.Xr intro 8 ,
68.Xr intro 9 ,
69.Xr intro 9lua
70.Rs
71.%A The Regents of the University of California
72.%I University of California, Berkeley
73.%T "UNIX User's Manual Supplementary Documents"
74.%D June, 1993
75.%U https://www.netbsd.org/docs/bsd/lite2/usd.html
76.Re
77.Sh HISTORY
78An
79.Xr intro 1
80manual appeared in
81.At v6 .
82