---
name: "intro"
section: "4"
platform: "linux"
package: "man-pages"
version: "6.19-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd", "openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/intro/4"
---

# intro(4)

introduction to special files

## NAME

intro - introduction to special files

## DESCRIPTION

Section 4 of the manual describes special files (devices).

## FILES

/dev/\* — device files

## NOTES

### Authors and copyright conditions

Look at the header of the manual page source for the author(s) and copyright conditions. Note that these can be different from page to page!

## SEE ALSO

[**mknod**(1)](/mknod/1.md), [**mknod**(2)](/mknod/2.md), [**standards**(7)](/standards/7.md)