The standard Unix command who displays a list of users who are currently logged into the computer. The who command is related to the command w, which...
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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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magazine Who? (novel), a 1958 novel by Algis Budrys W.H.O, an organisation in Marvel Comics who (Unix), a Unix command White House Office, an entity within 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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nice is a program found on Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux. It directly maps to a kernel call of the same name. nice is used to invoke...
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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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typically implemented using the statfs() or statvfs() system calls. The Single Unix Specification (SUS) specifies that space is reported in blocks of 512 bytes...
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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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Berkeley Software Distribution (redirect from BSD Unix)
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), also known as Berkeley Unix or BSD Unix, is a discontinued Unix operating system developed and distributed by the Computer...
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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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Uptime (category Unix user management and support-related utilities)
timestamps – can allow remote estimation of uptime Website monitoring Who (Unix) – can display the time the system was booted "How to install multiple...
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Single UNIX Specification (SUS) is a standard for computer operating systems, compliance with which is required to qualify for using the "UNIX" trademark...
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The computer tool patch is a Unix program that updates text files according to instructions contained in a separate file, called a patch file. The patch...
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USL v. BSDi was a lawsuit brought in New Jersey federal court in 1992 by Unix System Laboratories against Berkeley Software Design, Inc and the Regents...
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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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Ken Thompson (category Unix people)
Labs for most of his career where he designed and implemented the original Unix operating system. He also invented the B programming language, the direct...
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Daemon (computing) (redirect from Unix daemon)
computing systems, the term daemon is used almost exclusively in the context of Unix-based systems. In other contexts, different terms are used for the same concept...
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itself. The command is a one-command combination of several other Unix programs: who, uptime, and ps -a. Sample output (which may vary between systems):...
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UnixWorld (Unixworld: McGraw-Hill's magazine of open systems computing.) is a defunct magazine about Unix systems, published from May 1984 until December...
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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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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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Edition Unix, also called Version 6 Unix or just V6 is a version of the Unix operating system first released in May 1975 and the first version of the Unix operating...
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converting file data. Originally developed for Unix, it has been implemented on many other environments including Unix-like operating systems, Windows, Plan 9...
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database of quotations. Early versions of the program appeared in Version 7 Unix in 1979. The most common version on modern systems is the BSD fortune, originally...
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Unix System Laboratories (USL), sometimes written UNIX System Laboratories to follow relevant trademark guidelines of the time, was an American software...
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OpenServer (redirect from SCO UNIX)
Xinuos OpenServer, previously SCO UNIX and SCO Open Desktop (SCO ODT), is a closed source computer operating system developed by Santa Cruz Operation (SCO)...
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Free and open-source software portal unixODBC is an open-source project that implements the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) API. The code is provided...
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Santa Cruz Operation (category Unix history)
selling three Unix operating system variants for Intel x86 processors: Xenix, SCO UNIX (later known as SCO OpenDesktop and SCO OpenServer), and UnixWare. SCO...
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Grep (redirect from Grep (Unix))
effect. grep was originally developed for the Unix operating system, but later became available for all Unix-like systems and some others such as OS-9. Before...
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Chmod (category Standard Unix programs)
flags collectively. The command originated in AT&T Unix version 1 and was exclusive to Unix and Unix-like operating systems until it was ported to other...
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