A man page (short for manual page) is a form of software documentation found on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Topics covered include programs...
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List of POSIX commands (redirect from List of Unix utilities)
packages List of KDE applications List of Unix daemons Unix philosophy util-linux "FreeBSD Manual Pages: time". man.freebsd.org. July 7, 202. Retrieved Mar...
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When a text file with a shebang is used as if it were an executable in a Unix-like operating system, the program loader mechanism parses the rest of the...
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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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executing in the same Unix or Unix-like operating system. The name, Unix domain socket, refers to the domain argument value AF_UNIX that is passed to the...
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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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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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1970, the Unix epoch. For example, at midnight on 1 January 2010, Unix time was 1262304000. Unix time originated as the system time of Unix operating...
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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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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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"readlink(1) - Linux man page". linux.die.net. Retrieved 7 August 2015. "The Single UNIX Specification, Version 4 - Overview". unix.org. unix.org. Retrieved...
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Guide to Unix has a page on the topic of: Commands List of Unix commands talk (Unix) wall (Unix) write(1) – Version 7 Unix Programmer's Manual Unix Programmer's...
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tr is a command in Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and Unix-like operating systems. It is an abbreviation of translate or transliterate, indicating its operation...
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In computing, tty is a command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems to print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input. tty stands...
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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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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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("pipes" in common Unix verbiage). The pipeline concept was invented by Douglas McIlroy and first described in the man pages of Version 3 Unix. McIlroy noticed...
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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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Tru64 UNIX is a discontinued 64-bit UNIX operating system for the Alpha instruction set architecture (ISA), currently owned by Hewlett-Packard (HP). Previously...
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files as a single archive file. Originally developed for Unix, it is widely available on Unix-based systems, and similar commands are available on other...
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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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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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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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split is a utility on Unix, Plan 9, and Unix-like operating systems most commonly used to split a computer file into two or more smaller files. The split...
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head is a program on Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to display the beginning of a text file or piped data. The command syntax is: head [options]...
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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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Sed (redirect from Ssed (Unix))
sed ("stream editor") is a Unix utility that parses and transforms text, using a simple, compact programming language. It was developed from 1973 to 1974...
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The Unix Programming Environment, first published in 1984 by Prentice Hall, is a book written by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike, both of Bell Labs and...
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wc (short for word count) is a command in Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and Unix-like operating systems. The program reads either standard input or a list of...
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The Unix command fuser is used to show which processes are using a specified computer file, file system, or Unix socket. For example, to check process...
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