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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...59 KB (6,135 words) - 21:49, 25 April 2025
A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X, *nix or *NIX) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, although not necessarily...16 KB (1,799 words) - 14:07, 23 May 2025
interactive command interpreter and command programming language developed for UNIX-like operating systems. Created in 1989 by Brian Fox for the GNU Project...116 KB (9,488 words) - 09:15, 27 May 2025
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...34 KB (3,103 words) - 22:32, 25 May 2025
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...51 KB (5,461 words) - 21:52, 3 May 2025
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...26 KB (2,872 words) - 11:34, 2 May 2025
Year 2038 problem (redirect from Unix date bug)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...28 KB (3,065 words) - 12:55, 17 May 2025- 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...31 KB (4,277 words) - 13:55, 3 April 2025
Cron (redirect from Crontab (Unix command))The cron command-line utility is a job scheduler on Unix-like operating systems. Users who set up and maintain software environments use cron to schedule...26 KB (3,288 words) - 11:11, 26 April 2025
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...13 KB (1,461 words) - 05:43, 26 May 2025
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...26 KB (2,663 words) - 15:03, 13 May 2025
A Unix shell is a command-line interpreter or shell that provides a command line user interface for Unix-like operating systems. The shell is both an interactive...17 KB (1,748 words) - 10:24, 22 May 2025
HP-UX (redirect from Hewlett Packard UniX)HP-UX (from "Hewlett Packard Unix") is a proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise; current versions...28 KB (2,998 words) - 20:24, 21 November 2024- Grep (redirect from Grep (Unix))effect. grep was originally developed for the Unix operating system, but later became available for all Unix-like systems and some others such as OS-9. Before...16 KB (1,518 words) - 02:02, 12 February 2025
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...29 KB (3,072 words) - 03:35, 26 May 2025
Shell script (redirect from Unix shell scripting)A shell script is a computer program designed to be run by a Unix shell, a command-line interpreter. The various dialects of shell scripts are considered...23 KB (2,983 words) - 00:05, 12 May 2025
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...34 KB (4,131 words) - 01:29, 17 May 2025
Tru64 UNIX is a discontinued 64-bit UNIX operating system for the Alpha instruction set architecture (ISA), currently owned by Hewlett-Packard (HP). Previously...13 KB (934 words) - 21:43, 6 October 2024
IBM AIX (redirect from Advanced IBM UNIX)AIX (pronounced /ˌeɪ.aɪ.ˈɛks/ ay-eye-EKS) is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM since 1986. The name stands for "Advanced...51 KB (4,961 words) - 11:58, 5 May 2025- Diff (redirect from Diff (Unix))is called a "diff", or a patch, since the output can be applied with the Unix program patch. The output of similar file comparison utilities is also called...40 KB (4,467 words) - 13:49, 14 May 2025
- See also: UNIX and unix English Wikipedia has an article on: Unix Wikipedia UNIX, unix Etymology tree English Multics Ancient Greek εὐνή (eunḗ) Proto-Indo-European
- Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system that exists in many variants. The original Unix was developed at AT&T's Bell Labs research
- Unix Computing, or for short, Guide to Unix. It describes Unix and Unix-like systems for users and system administrators. It includes guide to Unix commands