---
name: "intro"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "man-pages"
version: "6.19-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd", "openbsd", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/intro/7"
---

# intro(7)

introduction to overview and miscellany section

## NAME

intro - introduction to overview and miscellany section

## DESCRIPTION

Section 7 of the manual provides overviews on various topics, and describes conventions and protocols, character set standards, the standard filesystem layout, and miscellaneous other things.

## 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

[**standards**(7)](/standards/7.md)