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    cat is a standard Unix utility that reads files sequentially, writing them to standard output. The name is derived from its function to (con)catenate files...
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    authors contrast Unix tools such as cat with larger program suites used by other systems. The design of cat is typical of most UNIX programs: it implements...
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  • Look up cat, Cat, CAT, catted, or catting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The cat (Felis catus) is a domesticated feline species. Cat or CAT may also...
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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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    and open-source software portal Cat (Unix) Paste (Unix) GNU Debugger Strip (Unix) cygwin The Wikibook Guide to Unix has a page on the topic of: Commands...
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    Man page (redirect from Man (Unix))
    manual page) is a form of software documentation usually found on a Unix or Unix-like operating system. Topics covered include computer programs (including...
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  • When a text file with a shebang is used as if it is an executable in a Unix-like operating system, the program loader mechanism parses the rest of the...
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  • alternative to grep -n: $ cat somefile aaaa bbbb cccc dddc $ nl somefile | grep cccc 3 cccc wc (Unix) – the word count command cat (Unix) – concatenate command...
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    Netcat (redirect from Nc (Unix))
    authentication as well). Free and open-source software portal List of Unix commands cat (Unix) – Unix command utility Nmap OpenSSL Telnet Plink Packet Sender Banner...
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  • utility for Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and Unix-like operating systems and beyond, the primary purpose of which is to convert and copy files. On Unix, device...
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    applications List of Unix daemons List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems Unix philosophy util-linux The Wikibook Guide to UNIX has a page...
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  • wall (an abbreviation of write to all) is a Unix command-line utility that displays the contents of a computer file or standard input to all logged-in...
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  • 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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    In Unix-like computer operating systems, a pipeline is a mechanism for inter-process communication using message passing. A pipeline is a set of processes...
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  • optimization that coalesces multiple packets under a single header cat (Unix), a Unix command to write the contents of one or more files to the standard...
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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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  • 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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  • The term "Research Unix" refers to early versions of the Unix operating system for DEC PDP-7, PDP-11, VAX and Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 computers, developed...
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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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    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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    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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  • Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) is a discontinued software package produced by Microsoft which provided a Unix environment on Windows NT and some of its...
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  • table. $ hash cat Searches for command cat in the path specified by PATH environmental variable; if found, adds it to the hash. find Unix shell sh bash...
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  • shutdown simpleinit tailf vidmode (formerly a symlink to rdev) BusyBox cat (Unix) CUPS GNU Core Utilities Toybox uname "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.40.2"...
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    File (command) (redirect from File (Unix))
    Unix and Unix-like operating systems for recognizing the type of data contained in a computer file. The original version of file originated in Unix Research...
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  • patterns specify sets of filenames with wildcard characters. For example, the Unix Bash shell command mv *.txt textfiles/ moves all files with names ending...
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    rm (short for remove) is a basic command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to remove objects such as computer files, directories and symbolic...
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    Fish (stylized in lowercase) is a Unix shell with a focus on interactivity and usability. Fish is designed to be feature-rich, rather than highly configurable...
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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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  • 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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