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35.Dd December 30, 1993
36.Dt INTRO 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm intro
40.Nd introduction to general commands (tools and utilities)
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42Section one of the manual contains most of the commands
43which comprise the
44.Bx
45user environment.
46Some of the commands included in section one are
47text editors, command shell interpreters,
48searching and sorting tools,
49file manipulation commands
50system status commands,
51remote file copy commands, mail commands,
52compilers and compiler tools,
53formatted output tools,
54and line printer commands.
55.Pp
56All commands set a status value upon exit which may be tested
57to see if the command completed normally.
58The exit values and their meanings are explained in the individual
59manuals.  Traditionally, the value 0 signifies successful
60completion of the command.
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr apropos 1 ,
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
76A
77.Nm intro
78manual appeared in
79.At v6 .
80