host is a simple utility for performing Domain Name System lookups. It was developed by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), and is released under the...
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The Unix command su, which stands for "substitute user" (or historically "superuser"), is used by a computer user to execute commands with the privileges...
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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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"Cave" by Muse Host (network), a computer participating in a computer network hosts (file), mapping hostnames to IP addresses host (Unix), a command Internet...
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Man page (redirect from Man (Unix))
(short for manual page) is a form of software documentation found on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Topics covered include programs, system libraries...
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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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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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switches, e.g., nsswitch.conf for Linux and Unix, to provide customization. Unlike remote DNS resolvers, the hosts file is under the direct control of the...
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2 March 2018. McKusick, Marshall Kirk (1999). "Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix: From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable". Open Sources: Voices from the...
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Cron (redirect from Crontab (Unix command))
The cron command-line utility is a job scheduler on Unix-like operating systems. Users who set up and maintain software environments use cron to schedule...
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In computing, time is a command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is used to determine the duration of execution of a particular command. time(1)...
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application programming interface (API) for Internet domain sockets and Unix domain sockets, used for inter-process communication (IPC). It is commonly...
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Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (redirect from Unix FHS)
used for the layout of Unix-like systems. It has been made popular by its use in Linux distributions, but it is used by other Unix-like systems as well...
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Getty (software) (redirect from Getty (unix))
getty, short for "get tty", is a Unix program running on a host computer that manages physical or virtual terminals (TTYs). When it detects a connection...
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The history of Unix dates back to the mid-1960s, when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell Labs, and General Electric were jointly developing...
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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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less is a terminal pager program on Unix, Windows, and Unix-like systems used to view (but not change) the contents of a text file one screen at a time...
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an assembler, and a few utilities were completed, the Unix operating system was self-hosting – programs could be written and tested on the PDP-7 itself...
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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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first (2013) edition of ECMA-404 did not address the pronunciation. The UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook states, "Douglas Crockford, who...
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2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016. Rosen, Kenneth H.; Host, Douglas A.; Klee, Rachel (2006), UNIX: the complete reference, Complete Reference Series (2nd ed...
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GNU (redirect from GNU's Not Unix)
for "GNU's Not Unix!", chosen because GNU's design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and containing no Unix code. Stallman chose...
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Secure Shell (redirect from Secure Shell Host)
command-line execution. SSH was designed for Unix-like operating systems as a replacement for Telnet and unsecured remote Unix shell protocols, such as the Berkeley...
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Finger (protocol) (redirect from Finger (Unix))
longer offered the service.[citation needed] It is implemented on Unix (like macOS), Unix-like systems (like Linux and FreeBSD), and current versions of...
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Berkeley r-commands (redirect from Rcp (Unix))
computer programs designed to enable users of one Unix system to log in or issue commands to another Unix computer via TCP/IP computer network. The r-commands...
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the use of the results of that check. TOCTOU race conditions are common in Unix between operations on the file system, but can occur in other contexts, including...
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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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Terminal emulator (section Unix-like systems)
different one via telnet, ssh, dial-up, or over a direct serial connection. On Unix-like operating systems, it is common to have one or more terminal windows...
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accepted among different vendors of Unix systems. In 1999, it was chosen as the standard binary file format for Unix and Unix-like systems on x86 processors...
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network. Host system usually runs a multi-user operating system such as Unix, MVS or VMS, or at least an operating system with network services such as...
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