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37.Dd December 30, 1993
38.Dt INTRO 1
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm intro
42.Nd introduction to general commands (tools and utilities)
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The manual pages in section one contain most of the commands which comprise the
45.Bx
46user environment.
47Some of the commands included in section one are
48text editors,
49command shell interpreters,
50searching and sorting tools,
51file manipulation commands,
52system status commands,
53remote file copy commands,
54mail commands,
55compilers and compiler tools,
56formatted output tools,
57and line printer commands.
58.Pp
59All commands set a status value upon exit which may be tested
60to see if the command completed normally.
61The exit values and their meanings are explained in the individual manuals.
62Traditionally, the value 0 signifies successful completion of the command.
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr man 1 ,
65.Xr intro 2 ,
66.Xr intro 3 ,
67.Xr intro 4 ,
68.Xr intro 5 ,
69.Xr intro 6 ,
70.Xr intro 7 ,
71.Xr intro 8 ,
72.Xr intro 9
73.Pp
74Tutorials in the
75.%T "UNIX User's Manual Supplementary Documents" .
76.Sh HISTORY
77An
78.Nm
79manual appeared in
80.At v6 .
81