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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:01:10 UTC
The branch main has been updated by imp: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=cc0af6d5a6c2b10b8655945abdd4ab110cb11998 commit cc0af6d5a6c2b10b8655945abdd4ab110cb11998 Author: Alexander Ziaee <concussious@runbox.com> AuthorDate: 2024-04-12 16:57:54 +0000 Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-04-12 16:58:36 +0000 intro.1: 2024 edition Modernize intro.1, attempting to preserve style and brevity, including a paragraph about installing more commands, a FILES section explaining where the commands are located and why, and adding section number to HISTORY for clarity. Advances: #248562 Reviewed by: imp, mhrone Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1136 --- share/man/man1/intro.1 | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man1/intro.1 b/share/man/man1/intro.1 index 00199e90140a..65e77ac606b7 100644 --- a/share/man/man1/intro.1 +++ b/share/man/man1/intro.1 @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +.\"- +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause +.\" .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd October 21, 2001 +.Dd April 12, 2024 .Dt INTRO 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -34,9 +37,9 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION Section one of the manual contains most of the commands which comprise the -.Bx +.Fx user environment. -Some of the commands included in section one are +Some of the commands included with the system in section one are text editors, command shell interpreters, searching and sorting tools, file manipulation commands, @@ -46,6 +49,16 @@ compilers and compiler tools, formatted output tools, and line printer commands. .Pp +Tens of thousands of additional commands are available to be installed +with +.Xr pkg 8 , +or compiled with the +.Xr ports 7 +collection. +Some of which include web browsers, office suites, calendars, +conferencing utilities, integrated development environments, +media players, audio and video processing suites, etc. +.Pp All commands set a status value upon exit which may be tested to see if the command completed normally. Traditionally, the value 0 signifies successful @@ -53,10 +66,23 @@ completion of the command, while a value >0 indicates an error. Some commands attempt to describe the nature of the failure by using exit codes as defined in .Xr sysexits 3 , -while others simply set the status to an arbitrary value >0 (typically 1). +while others simply set the status to an arbitrary value >0 +.Pq typically 1 . +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width "/usr/local/bin/tab" -compact +.It Pa /bin/ +Commands fundamental to single- and multi-user modes. +.It Pa /usr/bin/ +General commands included with the base system. +.It Pa /usr/local/bin/ +Locally installed commands from +.Xr pkg 8 or +.Xr ports 7 . +.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr apropos 1 , .Xr man 1 , +.Xr which 1 , .Xr intro 2 , .Xr intro 3 , .Xr sysexits 3 , @@ -64,14 +90,16 @@ while others simply set the status to an arbitrary value >0 (typically 1). .Xr intro 5 , .Xr intro 6 , .Xr intro 7 , +.Xr ports 7 , .Xr security 7 , .Xr intro 8 , +.Xr pkg 8 , .Xr intro 9 .Pp Tutorials in the .%T "UNIX User's Manual Supplementary Documents" . .Sh HISTORY The -.Nm -manual page appeared in +.Nm Ns Pq 1 +manual page first appeared in .At v6 .