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2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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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
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18user enviroment.
19Some of the commands included in section one are
20text editors, command shell interpreters,
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ebd095cd 23system status commands,
63f7563d 24remote file copy commands, mail commands,
ebd095cd 25compilers and compiler tools,
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26formatted output tools,
27and line printer commands.
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29All commands set a status value upon exit which may be tested
30to see if the command completed normally.
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31The exit values and their meanings are explained in the individual
32manuals. Traditionally, the value 0 signifies successful
33completetion of the command.
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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 .