---
name: "intro"
section: "7"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd", "openbsd", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/intro/7"
---

# intro(7)

miscellaneous information pages

## NAME

**intro** – miscellaneous information pages

## DESCRIPTION

The manual pages in section 7 contain miscellaneous documentation.

- [ascii(7)](/ascii/7.md)

  Map of ASCII character set.

- [environ(7)](/environ/7.md)

  User environment.

- [eqn(7)](/eqn/7.md)

  Eqn language reference for [mandoc(1)](/mandoc/1.md).

- [glob(7)](/glob/7.md)

  Shell-style pattern matching.

- [hier(7)](/hier/7.md)

  File system hierarchy.

- [hostname(7)](/hostname/7.md)

  Hostname resolution rules.

- [library-specs(7)](/library-specs/7.md)

  Shared library name specifications.

- [man(7)](/man/7.md)

  Man language reference.

- [mandoc\_char(7)](/mandoc_char/7.md)

  Mandoc special characters.

- [mdoc(7)](/mdoc/7.md)

  Mdoc language reference.

- [mirroring-ports(7)](/mirroring-ports/7.md)

  How to build a mirror for ports distfiles.

- [operator(7)](/operator/7.md)

  C operator precedence.

- [packages(7)](/packages/7.md)

  Overview of the binary package system.

- [packages-specs(7)](/packages-specs/7.md)

  Binary package names specifications.

- [pkgpath(7)](/pkgpath/7.md)

  Ports tree location for a package build.

- [ports(7)](/ports/7.md)

  Contributed applications.

- [re\_format(7)](/re_format/7.md)

  POSIX regular expressions.

- [roff(7)](/roff/7.md)

  Roff language reference for [mandoc(1)](/mandoc/1.md).

- [script(7)](/script/7.md)

  Interpreter script execution.

- [securelevel(7)](/securelevel/7.md)

  The securelevel kernel state and its effects.

- [sndio(7)](/sndio/7.md)

  Interface to audio and MIDI.

- [symlink(7)](/symlink/7.md)

  Symbolic link handling.

- [tbl(7)](/tbl/7.md)

  Tbl language reference for [mandoc(1)](/mandoc/1.md).

- [term(7)](/term/7.md)

  Conventions for naming terminal types.

## HISTORY

An **intro** manual for section 7 appeared in 4.2BSD.