file is a shell command for reporting the type of data contained in a file. It is commonly supported in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. As the command...
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A batch file is a script file in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows. It consists of a series of commands to be executed by the command-line interpreter,...
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Tar (computing) (redirect from TAR file format)
In computing, tar is a shell command for combining multiple computer files into a single archive file. It was originally developed for magnetic tape storage...
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item. The user then presses Return or ↵ Enter to run the command or open the file. Command-line completion is useful in several ways, as illustrated...
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in many signatures) file (command) "execve(2): execute program - Linux man page". linux.die.net. Retrieved 2022-07-12. "Libpcap File Format". Retrieved...
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documents Filing (legal), submitting a document to the clerk of a court Computer file, a resource for storing information file URI scheme file (command), a...
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Filename extension (redirect from File name extension)
A filename extension, file name extension or file extension is a suffix to the name of a computer file (for example, .txt, .mp3, .exe) that indicates a...
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SSL/TLS (FTPS) or replaced with SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). The first FTP client applications were command-line programs developed before operating...
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automating programs since commands can be stored in a script file that can be used repeatedly. A script allows its contained commands to be executed as group;...
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Rm (Unix) (redirect from Rm (UNIX / Linux Command))
shell command for removing files (which includes special files such as directories) from the file system. The command may not actually delete a file (release...
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predefined sequence of commands stored as a text file with the .BAT extension. Internal commands are commands stored directly inside the COMMAND.COM binary. Thus...
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shell command that sets the modification timestamp of an existing file to be current – which on a Unix-based file system includes special files such as...
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Cp (Unix) (redirect from Cp (command))
cp is a shell command for copying files and directories. If the user has write access to a target file, the command copies the content by opening it in...
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"Bad command or file name" is a common and ambiguous error message in MS-DOS. COMMAND.COM produces this error message when the first word of a command could...
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file command reports file format information; even for regular files. The type of a file is specified by the file's mode, which consists of the file type...
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runs on Unix. Orthodox file managers (sometimes abbreviated to "OFM") or command-based file managers are text-menu based file managers that commonly have...
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Passwd (redirect from Shadow (file))
superuser or by using a few special purpose privileged commands. The /etc/passwd file is a text file with one record per line, each describing a user account...
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an operating system command-line shell provides for file copying via commands cp, copy and similar variants. mv also copies files but only when the source...
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Cmd.exe (redirect from Windows command line)
within batch file. The COMMAND.COM CALL command only supports calling external batch files. File name parser extensions to the set command are comparable...
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The APPEND command is similar to the PATH command that tells DOS where to search for program files (files with a .COM, . EXE, or .BAT file name extension)...
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shell command for listing file system contents; files and directories. Arguably, the command provides the same essential functionality as the ls command, but...
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Umask (redirect from File mode creation mask)
a shell command that reports or sets the mask value that limits the file permissions for newly created files in many Unix and Unix-like file systems....
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creating CAB archive files using the makecab command-line utility. It supports extracting the contents of a CAB archive files using File Explorer, Setup API...
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can operate based on command line option and flag arguments, or in batch mode by reading requests from an operating system file. When a specific name...
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Below is a list of FTP commands that may be sent to a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server. It includes all commands that are standardized by the Internet...
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Diff (category Free file comparison tools)
a shell command that compares the content of files and reports differences. The term diff is also used to identify the output of the command and is used...
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Chmod (category File system permissions)
chmod is a shell command for changing access permissions and special mode flags of files (including special files such as directories). The name is short...
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Dd (Unix) (category Plan 9 commands)
dd is a shell command for reading, writing and converting file data. Originally developed for Unix, it has been implemented on many other environments...
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Du (Unix) (redirect from Du (command))
du is a shell command for reporting the file system storage allocated to files and directory trees. With no command-line arguments, it reports the space...
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Cron (redirect from Crontab file)
crontab (cron table) file, a configuration file that specifies shell commands to run periodically on a given schedule. The crontab files are stored where...
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