In computing, format is a command-line utility that carries out disk formatting. It is a component of various operating systems, including 86-DOS, MS-DOS...

the OS. format command: Under MS-DOS, PC DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows, disk formatting can be performed by the format command. The format program usually...

destroying any existing contents FORMAT (command), a command-line utility to format disks in many computer operating systems Format (Common Lisp), a programming...

and later POSIX.1-2001, and became a format supported by most modern file archiving utilities. The tar command was abandoned in POSIX.1-2001 in favor...

other calculations to build formatting descriptions. In this example, the format is specified on line 601, and the PRINT command refers to it by line number:...

a patch file. POSIX standardized the diff and patch commands including their shared file format. The original diff utility was developed in the early...

This is a list of file formats used by archivers and compressors used to create archive files. Archive formats are used for backups, mobility, and archiving...

cron is a shell command for scheduling a job (i.e. command or shell script) to run periodically at a fixed time, date, or interval. As scheduled, it is...

A command-line interface (CLI), sometimes called a command-line shell, is a means of interacting with software via commands – each formatted as a line...

library Comparison of file archivers List of archive formats List of POSIX commands Open file format – Published specification for storing digital data...

arbitrary locations using the %n format token, which commands printf() and similar functions to write the number of bytes formatted to an address stored on the...

Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images...

IEEE defined a new pax format which is basically tar with additional extended attributes. The format is not supported by pax commands in most Linux distributions...

Several programs can unpack the file format. RARLAB distributes the C++ source code and binaries for a command-line unrar program. The license permits...

This is normally done before sending a mode set command. Systems Network Architecture defined one format for the information field, in which the most significant...

Windows 2000, where it figures as 20.8 MB drive format option in the FORMAT command options. The FORMAT command in Windows XP and newer lacks support of the...

returns a check condition in response to a command, the initiator usually then issues a SCSI Request Sense command. This process is part of a SCSI protocol...

Cabinet (or CAB) is an archive-file format for Microsoft Windows that supports lossless data compression and embedded digital certificates used for maintaining...

used by undelete. The command is available in MS-DOS versions 5 and later. MS-DOS version 5 introduced the quick format option (Format /Q) which removes the...

text-based user interface (TUI). List of disk partitioning software format (command) GUID Partition Table "fdisk(8) — PC slice table (MBR) maintenance...

decoding from the AMF format. The format is often used in conjunction with Adobe's RTMP to establish connections and control commands for the delivery of...

processing. Because the plain TeX formatting commands are elementary, it provides authors with ready-made commands for formatting and layout requirements such...

shar command is not specified by the Single Unix Specification, so it is not formally a component of Unix, but a legacy utility. While the shar format has...

is a list of computer file formats, categorized by domain. Some formats are listed under multiple categories. Each format is identified by a capitalized...

Rich Text file called TXT.rtf that contains Rich Text formatting commands, as well as commands for including images or other attachments contained within...

printf is a shell command that formats and outputs text like the same-named C function. It is available in a variety of Unix and Unix-like systems. Some...

creates formatted output when given plain text mixed with formatting commands. It is the GNU replacement for the troff and nroff text formatters, which...

A command center (often called a war room) is any place that is used to provide centralized command for some purpose. While frequently considered to be...

binary formats (although they may be displayed in hexadecimal, or broken out into labelled fields by command displays). Some spacecraft command languages...

of file formats Magic number (programming) Substitute character (for the 1Ah (^Z) "end-of-file" marker used in many signatures) file (command) "execve(2):...