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    ed (pronounced as distinct letters, /ˌiːˈdiː/) is a line editor for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It was one of the first parts of the Unix operating...
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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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    1970, the Unix epoch. For example, at midnight on January 1 2010, Unix time was 1262304000. Unix time originated as the system time of Unix operating...
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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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  • 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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  • utility interfaces, for software compatibility (portability) with variants of Unix and other operating systems. POSIX is also a trademark of the IEEE. POSIX...
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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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    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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  • Grep (redirect from Grep (Unix))
    from the ed command g/re/p (global regular expression search and print), which has the same effect. grep was originally developed for the Unix operating...
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    19 January 2038. The problem exists in systems which measure Unix time—the number of seconds elapsed since the Unix epoch (00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970)—and store...
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  • The archiver, also known simply as ar, is a Unix utility that maintains groups of files as a single archive file. Today, ar is generally used only to create...
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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 (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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  • 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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    Research Unix: (early versions only) Version 1 Unix Version 2 Unix Version 3 Unix Version 4 Unix Version 5 Unix Version 6 Unix Version 7 Unix UNIX/32V As...
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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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  • list of Unix daemons that are found on various Unix-like operating systems. Unix daemons typically have a name ending with a d. List of Unix commands...
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  • systems and operating systems conforming to branded UNIX (UNIX 95, UNIX 98 and UNIX 03 Single UNIX Specifications) such as Solaris and AIX (as well as...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • Look up -ed, E.D., e.d., ed, or ed- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ed, ed or ED may refer to: Ed (film), a 1996 film starring Matt LeBlanc Ed (Fullmetal...
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  • computing, a Unix domain socket is a Berkeley socket that allows data to be exchanged between two processes executing on the same Unix or Unix-like host...
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    The ln command is a standard Unix command utility used to create a hard link or a symbolic link (symlink) to an existing file or directory. The use of...
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    Bell Labs in 1982. UNIX System III was a mix of various AT&T Unix systems: Version 7 Unix, PWB/UNIX 2.0, CB UNIX 3.0, UNIX/RT and UNIX/32V. System III supported...
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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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    Vi (text editor) (redirect from Vi (Unix))
    /ˌviːˈaɪ/ ) is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system. The portable subset of the behavior of vi and programs...
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