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8.Dd
9.Dt INTRO 1
10.Os
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm intro
13.Nd introduction to general commands (tools and utilities)
14.Sh DESCRIPTION
15Section one of the manual contains most of the commands
16which comprise the
17.Bx
18user enviroment.
19Some of the commands included in section one are
20text editors, command shell interpreters,
21searching and sorting tools,
22file manipulation commands
23system status commands,
24remote file copy commands, mail commands,
25compilers and compiler tools,
26formatted output tools,
27and line printer commands.
28.Pp
29All commands set a status value upon exit which may be tested
30to see if the command completed normally.
31The exit values and their meanings are explained in the individual
32manuals.  Traditionally, the value 0 signifies successful
33completetion of the command.
34.Sh SEE ALSO
35.Xr man 1
36.Xr intro 2
37.Xr intro 3
38.Xr intro 3
39.Xr intro 4
40.Xr intro 8
41.Pp
42Tutorials in the
43.%T "UNIX User's Manual Supplementary Documents" .
44.Sh HISTORY
45A
46.Nm intro
47manual appeared in
48.At v6 .
49