nl is a Unix utility for numbering lines, either from a file or from standard input, reproducing output on standard output. nl is part of the X/Open Portability...
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(format), a file format for presenting mathematical programming problems nl (Unix), a Unix utility for numbering lines Newline, a special character in computing...
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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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Thompson shell (redirect from Original Unix shell)
The Thompson shell was the first Unix shell, introduced in the first version of Unix in 1971, and was written by Ken Thompson. It was a simple command...
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Null device (redirect from Unix null device)
that the write operation succeeded. This device is called /dev/null on Unix and Unix-like systems, NUL: (see TOPS-20) or NUL on CP/M and DOS (internally...
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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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Vi (text editor) (redirect from Vi (Unix))
/ˌviːˈaɪ/ ) is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system. The portable subset of the behavior of vi and programs...
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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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Jake (February 22, 2012). "Capsicum: practical capabilities for UNIX". lwn.net. "NuxiNL/cloudabi". Nuxi. 30 March 2020. Brown, Neil (February 10, 2016)...
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646 standard. Unix followed the Multics practice, and later Unix-like systems followed Unix. This created conflicts between Windows and Unix-like operating...
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UnxUtils (redirect from Unix Utils)
UnxUtils is a collection of utility programs that provide popular Unix-based shell commands – ported from GNU implementations as native Windows programs...
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Ncdu (category Unix file system-related software)
ncdu (NCurses Disk Usage) is a disk utility for Unix systems. Its name refers to its similar purpose to the du utility, but ncdu uses a text-based user...
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Unix2dos (category Unix text processing utilities)
from Unix format (Line feed) to DOS format (carriage return + Line feed) and vice versa. When invoked as unix2dos the program will convert a Unix text...
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GNU Core Utilities (category Unix software)
coreutils is a collection of GNU software that implements many standard, Unix-based shell commands. The utilities generally provide POSIX compliant interface...
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APIs of Amoeba were modeled after Unix and compliance with the POSIX standard was partially implemented; some of the Unix emulation code consists of utilities...
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As of 2020[update], the latest version is 1.05.02, and it is ported to Unix, DOS, Atari, and Apple MacOS. An example function to collect the set of all...
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Utmp (category Unix)
utmp, wtmp, btmp and variants such as utmpx, wtmpx and btmpx are files on Unix-like systems that keep track of all logins and logouts to the system. utmp...
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Box-drawing characters (category CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl))
added in reserved areas of their normal HP Roman-8 character set. On many Unix systems and early dial-up bulletin board systems the only common standard...
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was used mainly on Usenet newsgroups is fsck, derived from the name of the Unix file system checking utility. Language portal Human sexuality portal Society...
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Inode (category Unix file system technology)
An inode (index node) is a data structure in a Unix-style file system that describes a file-system object such as a file or a directory. Each inode stores...
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procedures for creating a child process: the fork system call (preferred in Unix-like systems and the POSIX standard) and the spawn (preferred in the modern...
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the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and works under modern Unix-like operating systems. It normally works under the text console, but it...
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the GNU GPL.: 7 After AT&T had dropped out of the Multics project, the Unix operating system was conceived and implemented by Ken Thompson and Dennis...
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Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He is the author of MINIX, a free Unix-like operating system for teaching purposes, and has written multiple computer...
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a free and portable implementation of the Forth programming language for Unix-like systems, Microsoft Windows, and other operating systems. A primary goal...
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lacking NTP's data analysis and clock disciplining algorithms, include the Unix daemon timed, which uses an election algorithm to appoint a server for all...
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Informatica (CWI), Van Rossum wrote and contributed a glob() routine to BSD Unix in 1986 and helped develop the ABC programming language. He once stated,...
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2025) Repository github.com/NLnetLabs/nsd Operating system Unix-like Type DNS server License BSD license Website www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/nsd/about/ ...
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Elvis (text editor) (category Unix text editors)
Minix today. In 1989, Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz began porting BSD Unix to run on 386 class processors, but to create a free distribution they needed...
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Objective-C, Perl, PHP, Python, and VHDL. It can run on many computers, including Unix-like, macOS, and Windows systems. It is free software, released under the...
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