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    Originally developed for Unix, it is available on many operating systems and shells today. In addition to combining files, cat is commonly used to copy...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    Netcat (redirect from Nc (Unix))
    authentication as well). Free and open-source software portal List of Unix commands cat (Unix) – Shell command for writing an input file or stream to standard...
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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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    which is part of the Single UNIX Specification (SUS). These commands can be found on Unix operating systems and most Unix-like operating systems. This...
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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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  • 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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    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, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • file data. Originally developed for Unix, it has been ported to many other operating systems (OSs) including Unix-like OSs, Windows, Plan 9 and Inferno...
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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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    Lolcat (redirect from Cat macros)
    lolcat meme. lolcat, a variant of the Unix utility cat, outputs text in rainbow colours. List of Internet phenomena Cats That Look Like Hitler – a type of...
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  • character string "foo" and prints them on its output. Common Unix filter programs are: cat, cut, grep, head, sort, tail, and uniq. Programs like awk and...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    File (command) (redirect from File (Unix))
    reporting the type of data contained in a file. It is commonly supported in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. As the command uses relatively quick-running...
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    rm, short for remove, is a shell command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to remove files (which includes special files such as directories)...
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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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  • standard English language spell checker for Unix, Plan 9, and Unix-like operating systems. Appearing in Version 6 Unix, spell was originally written by Stephen...
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  • logic – Business computing C++ – C# – C – Cache – Canonical LR parser – Cat (Unix) – CD-ROM – Central processing unit – Chimera – Chomsky normal form –...
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    the early 1970s alongside the original AT&T UNIX itself and had a formative influence on the syntax of UNIX command line utilities and therefore also on...
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    Comm (redirect from Comm (Unix))
    The comm command in the Unix family of computer operating systems is a utility that is used to compare two files for common and distinct lines. comm is...
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