INTRO(7)
๐ INTRO(7) โ the miscellaneous info pages, bestie ๐
Okay so this is intro(7), from the Miscellaneous Information Manual โ it's like the doorway to the whole section 7 gang, and honestly? iconic. ๐
โจ NAME โจ
intro โ miscellaneous information pages. That's it, that's the whole job. ๐
๐ธ DESCRIPTION ๐ธ
This section is where all the miscellaneous documentation lives โ the stuff that isn't a command, isn't a syscall, isn't a config file. Just vibes and knowledge, no cap. Here's the whole squad, fr fr: ๐
arch(7)โ supported CPU architectures and platforms ๐ฆascii(7)โ map of ASCII character set ๐คbuild(7)โ build instructions for FreeBSD ๐งฑc(7)โ the C programming language ๐ฉโ๐ปclocks(7)โ system timekeeping clocks available in FreeBSD โฐcrypto(7)โ cryptographic algorithms provided by OpenCrypto in FreeBSD ๐d(7)โdtrace(1)scripting language overview โจdevelopment(7)โ development introduction to FreeBSD ๐ ๏ธenviron(7)โ user environment ๐firewall(7)โ simple firewalls under FreeBSD ๐ฅgroups(7)โ standard user group names ๐ฏhier(7)โ file system hierarchy in FreeBSD ๐๏ธhostname(7)โ host name resolution description ๐ท๏ธnetworking(7)โ network connection quickstart guide ๐release(7)โ layout of FreeBSD releases and snapshots ๐ฆports(7)โ introduction to the ports infrastructure of FreeBSD โsecurity(7)โ security features available in FreeBSD ๐ก๏ธstats(7)โ statistics utilities available in FreeBSD ๐tests(7)โ introduction to the FreeBSD Test Suite ๐งชtracing(7)โ introduction to tracing and performance monitoring facilities ๐tuning(7)โ general advice on tuning FreeBSD ๐๏ธ
Like, pick a page, any page. They're all right there waiting for you, and they all ate. ๐
๐ SEE ALSO ๐
Go read these too, bestie โ the whole family reunion:
man(1), intro(2), intro(3), intro(4), intro(5), intro(6), intro(8), intro(9)
Lowkey the whole numbered-intro cinematic universe. Every section got one. Slay. ๐
๐ HISTORY ๐
The intro section manual page appeared in 4.2BSD. That's the lore, and it's giving founding mother of documentation energy. ๐โจ
And that's the page!! This one comes to you from Debian, dated April 28, 2026 โ so go forth and read section 7, you're gonna do amazing, mwah ๐ซถ๐
๐ฆ where this page comes from
- freebsd 15.1: base 15.1
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