In Unix-like operating systems, find is a command-line utility that locates files based on some user-specified criteria and either prints the pathname...
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implementation of the find command. The FreeDOS version was developed by Jim Hall and is licensed under the GPL. The Unix command find performs an entirely...
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Unix (/ˈjuːnɪks/ , YOO-niks; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T...
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Grep (redirect from Grep (Unix))
command find (Windows) or Findstr, a DOS and Windows command that performs text searches, similar to a simple grep find (Unix), a Unix command that finds files...
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When a text file with a shebang is used as if it were an executable in a Unix-like operating system, the program loader mechanism parses the rest of the...
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List of POSIX commands (redirect from List of Unix utilities)
which is part of the Single UNIX Specification (SUS). These commands are implemented in many shells on modern Unix, Unix-like and other operating systems...
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Unix System V (pronounced: "System Five") is one of the first commercial versions of the Unix operating system. It was originally developed by AT&T and...
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Look up find in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Find, FIND or Finding may refer to: find (Unix), a command on UNIX platforms find (Windows), a command...
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hash. find Unix shell sh bash csh ksh IBM. "IBM System i Version 7.2 Programming Qshell" (PDF). IBM. Retrieved 2020-09-05. The Wikibook Guide to Unix has...
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Unix, Plan 9, and Unix-like operating systems that evaluates conditional expressions. test was turned into a shell builtin command in 1981 with UNIX System...
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Glob (programming) (redirect from Glob (Unix))
developed alongside the original Unix in the early 1970s. Among those utilities were also two command line tools called glob and find; each could be used to pass...
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In most Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the ps (process status) program displays the currently-running processes. The related Unix utility top provides...
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Research Unix refers to the early versions of the Unix operating system for DEC PDP-7, PDP-11, VAX and Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 computers, developed in...
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In Unix-like computer operating systems, a pipeline is a mechanism for inter-process communication using message passing. A pipeline is a set of processes...
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interactive command interpreter and command programming language developed for UNIX-like operating systems. Created in 1989 by Brian Fox for the GNU Project...
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A Unix shell is a command-line interpreter or shell that provides a command line user interface for Unix-like operating systems. The shell is both an interactive...
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Expr (redirect from Expr (Unix))
utility on Unix and Unix-like operating systems which evaluates an expression and outputs the corresponding value. It first appeared in Unix v7. The command...
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Each version of the UNIX Time-Sharing System evolved from the version before, with version one evolving from the prototypal Unix. Not all variants and...
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Ed (software) (redirect from Ed (UNIX))
letters, /ˌiːˈdiː/) is a line editor for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It was one of the first parts of the Unix operating system that was developed...
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Xargs (redirect from Xargs (Unix))
xargs (short for "extended arguments") is a command on Unix and most Unix-like operating systems used to build and execute commands from standard input...
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UUCP (redirect from Unix to Unix Copy Protocol)
UUCP (Unix-to-Unix Copy) is a suite of computer programs and protocols allowing remote execution of commands and transfer of files, email and netnews between...
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Signal (IPC) (redirect from Sigprocmask (Unix))
limited form of inter-process communication (IPC), typically used in Unix, Unix-like, and other POSIX-compliant operating systems. A signal is an asynchronous...
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The Unix wars were struggles between vendors to set a standard for the Unix operating system in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Both AT&T Corporation...
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Fork (system call) (redirect from Fork (Unix))
In computing, particularly in the context of the Unix operating system and its workalikes, fork is an operation whereby a process creates a copy of itself...
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Filter (software) (redirect from Filter (Unix))
underlying Unix base but also has Automator, which allows filters (known as "Actions") to be strung together to form a pipeline. In Unix and Unix-like operating...
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The UNIX-HATERS Handbook is a semi-humorous edited compilation of messages to the UNIX-HATERS mailing list. The book was edited by Simson Garfinkel, Daniel...
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The Programmer's Workbench (PWB/UNIX) was an early, now discontinued, version of the Unix operating system that had been created in the Bell Labs Computer...
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while maintaining correct alignment. It is available in Unix operating systems and many Unix-like operating systems. The command is available as a separate...
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indent is a Unix utility that reformats C and C++ code in a user-defined indentation style and coding style. Support for C++ code is minimal. The original...
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Shell script (redirect from Unix shell scripting)
A shell script is a computer program designed to be run by a Unix shell, a command-line interpreter. The various dialects of shell scripts are considered...
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