1.\" $OpenBSD: intro.1,v 1.15 2020/02/08 01:09:57 jsg Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: intro.1,v 1.4 1994/11/30 08:35:00 jtc Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 5.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 16.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 17.\" without specific prior written permission. 18.\" 19.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 20.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 21.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 22.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 23.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 24.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 25.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 26.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 27.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 28.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 29.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.\" @(#)intro.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93 32.\" 33.Dd $Mdocdate: February 8 2020 $ 34.Dt INTRO 1 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm intro 38.Nd introduction to general commands (tools and utilities) 39.Sh DESCRIPTION 40The manual pages in section 1 contain most of the commands which comprise the 41.Bx 42user environment. 43Some of the commands included in section 1 are 44text editors, 45command shell interpreters, 46searching and sorting tools, 47file manipulation commands, 48system status commands, 49remote file copy commands, 50mail commands, 51compilers and compiler tools, 52formatted output tools, 53and line printer commands. 54.Pp 55All commands set a status value upon exit which may be tested 56to see if the command completed normally. 57The exit values and their meanings are explained in the individual manuals. 58Traditionally, the value 0 signifies successful completion of the command. 59.Sh SEE ALSO 60.Xr man 1 , 61.Xr intro 2 , 62.Xr intro 3 , 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.Sh HISTORY 70An 71.Nm 72manual for section 1 first appeared in 73.At v7 . 74