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36.Dd April 21, 1998
37.Dt INTRO 1
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm intro
41.Nd introduction to general commands (tools and utilities)
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43Section one of the manual contains most of the commands
44which comprise the
45.Bx
46user environment.
47Some of the commands included in section one are
48text editors, command shell interpreters,
49searching and sorting tools,
50file manipulation commands
51system status commands,
52remote file copy commands, mail commands,
53compilers and compiler tools,
54formatted output tools,
55and line printer commands.
56.Pp
57All commands set a status value upon exit which may be tested
58to see if the command completed normally.
59The exit values and their meanings are explained in the individual
60manuals.  Traditionally, the value 0 signifies successful
61completion of the command.
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr man 1 ,
64.Xr intro 2 ,
65.Xr intro 3 ,
66.Xr intro 4 ,
67.Xr intro 5 ,
68.Xr intro 6 ,
69.Xr intro 7 ,
70.Xr intro 8 ,
71.Xr intro 9
72.Pp
73Tutorials in the
74.%T "UNIX User's Manual Supplementary Documents" .
75.Sh HISTORY
76An
77.Nm intro
78manual appeared in
79.At v6 .
80