In computing, cp is a command in various Unix and Unix-like operating systems for copying files and directories. The command has three principal modes...
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filesystem, the file's timestamp is not updated. On UNIX implementations derived from AT&T UNIX, cp, ln and mv are implemented as a single program with...
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Look up CP or cp. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. CP, cp. or its variants may refer to: Cariyapitaka (Cp), a canonical Buddhist story collection The...
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operating systems like CP/M or RSX-11 is an example.) That approach is not necessarily worse or better, but it is certainly against the UNIX philosophy. McIlroy...
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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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List of operating systems (section Unix or Unix-like)
1.0-3.9 (Motorola 68000) AmigaOS 4 (PowerPC) Amiga Unix (a.k.a. Amix) AMSDOS Contiki CP/M 2.2 CP/M Plus SymbOS Apple II Apple DOS Apple Pascal Apex (Colorado...
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List of POSIX commands (redirect from List of Unix utilities)
1-2024, which is part of the Single UNIX Specification (SUS). These commands are commonly implemented in Unix and Unix-like shells and many are available...
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Xargs (redirect from Xargs (Unix))
so is more efficient since only one invocation of cp is done for each invocation of sh. Many Unix utilities are line-oriented. These may work with xargs...
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UUCP (redirect from Unix to Unix Copy Protocol)
classic Mac OS, and even CP/M. UUCP was originally written at AT&T Bell Laboratories by Mike Lesk. By 1978 it was in use on 82 UNIX machines inside the Bell...
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Virtual console (section Unix systems)
computer user interface. It is a feature of some Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, BSD, illumos, UnixWare, and macOS in which the system console of...
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Null device (redirect from Unix null device)
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 \DEV\NUL), nul on OS/2...
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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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Peripheral Interchange Program (redirect from PIP (CP/M command))
command for copying data cp (Unix) – Unix command for copying data Kermit (protocol) OS/8, OS/8 System Reference Manual CP/M, CP/M Operating System Manual...
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Glob (programming) (redirect from Glob (Unix))
the early 1970s alongside the original AT&T UNIX itself and had a formative influence on the syntax of UNIX command line utilities and therefore also on...
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Message of the day (redirect from Motd (unix))
segment; TOPS-10 Incompatible Timesharing System (ITS) Unix-like systems: the /etc/motd file Univac VS/9 CP/CMS The contents of the special file are displayed...
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Box-drawing characters (section Unix, CP/M, BBS)
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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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 and Unix-like operating systems, type is a command that describes how its arguments would be interpreted if used as command names. Where applicable...
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VM (operating system) (redirect from VM-CP)
abbreviated CP, VM-CP and sometimes, ambiguously, VM. It runs on the physical hardware, and creates the virtual machine environment. VM-CP provides full...
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Make (software) (redirect from Make (Unix))
(all POSIX Makes) executes commands with /bin/sh by default, where Unix commands like cp are normally used. In contrast, Microsoft's nmake executes commands...
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In Unix and operating systems inspired by it, the file system is considered a central component of the operating system. It was also one of the first parts...
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A more advanced copy command is called xcopy. The equivalent Unix command is cp, the CP/M command is PIP. The command is analogous to the Stratus OpenVOS...
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Berkeley r-commands (redirect from Rcp (Unix))
domain:~/home/foo/file.txt As with the Unix copy command cp, rcp overwrites an existing file of the same name in the target; unlike cp, it provides no mechanism for...
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Mark Williams Company (category Unix history)
Coherent, a clone of Unix. csd, C source debugger. Let's C, low-cost professional C compiler for the IBM PC. Mark Williams C for CP/M-86. Mark Williams...
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z/OS UNIX System Services (z/OS UNIX, or informally USS) is a base element of z/OS. z/OS UNIX is a certified UNIX operating system implementation (XPG4...
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CP/M, originally standing for Control Program/Monitor and later Control Program for Microcomputers, is a mass-market operating system created in 1974 for...
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System time (redirect from Date (Unix command))
For example, Unix and POSIX-compliant systems encode system time ("Unix time") as the number of seconds elapsed since the start of the Unix epoch at 1 January...
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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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also available in a variety of non-Unix-like operating systems, such as Multics, VM/CMS, OpenVMS, MP/M, Concurrent CP/M, Concurrent DOS, FlexOS, Multiuser...
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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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