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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which is from the Latin catenare meaning "to chain" Originally developed for Unix, it is available on many operating systems and shells today. In addition...
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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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exact sequence Split Lie algebra Split (phylogenetics), a bipartition of a set of taxa in phylogenetics split (Unix), a Unix software utility (command) for...
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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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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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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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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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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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The Unix file system (UFS) is a family of file systems supported by many Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is a distant descendant of the original...
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Csplit (redirect from Csplit (Unix))
The csplit command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems is a utility that is used to split a file into two or more smaller files determined by context...
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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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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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Fork (system call) (redirect from Fork (Unix))
In computing, particularly in the context of the Unix operating system and its workalikes, fork is an operation whereby a process creates a copy of itself...
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Talk (software) (redirect from Unix talk)
talk is a Unix text chat program, originally allowing messaging only between the users logged on to one multi-user computer—but later extended to allow...
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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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Tee (command) (redirect from Tee (UNIX))
depending on the command's implementation. The command is available for Unix and Unix-like operating systems, Microware OS-9, DOS (e.g. 4DOS, FreeDOS), Microsoft...
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distributions. The unixODBC project was split into several projects (all hosted on SourceForge); unixODBC ("Core" and "Dev" bits) unixODBC-GUI-Qt (Qt based...
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rc (for "run commands") is the command line interpreter for Version 10 Unix and Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating systems. It resembles the Bourne shell...
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In computing, cut is a command line utility on Unix and Unix-like operating systems which is used to extract sections from each line of input — usually...
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In computing, sort is a standard command line program of Unix and Unix-like operating systems, that prints the lines of its input or concatenation of...
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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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Uuencoding (redirect from Unix-to-Unix encoding)
from Unix-to-Unix Copy, i.e. "Unix-to-Unix encoding" is a safe encoding for the transfer of arbitrary files from one Unix system to another Unix system...
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GNU Screen (redirect from Screen (Unix))
command line interface, and for separating programs from the session of the Unix shell that started the program, particularly so a remote process continues...
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In Unix-like operating systems, find is a command-line utility that locates files based on some user-specified criteria and either prints the pathname...
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tail is a program available on Unix, Unix-like systems, FreeDOS and MSX-DOS used to display the tail end of a text file or piped data. The version of tail...
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read is a command found on Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux. It reads a line of input from standard input or a file passed as an argument...
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Linux (category Unix variants)
Linux (/ˈlɪnʊks/, LIN-uuks) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released...
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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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spanning utilities are available for nearly every OS and platform. Below are a few examples: PKZip/WinZip RAR/WinRAR PAR/Parchive split (Unix) File splitter...
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