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  2. find (Unix) - Wikipedia

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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 of each matched object or, if another action is requested, performs that action on each matched object.

  3. locate (Unix) - Wikipedia

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    locate is a Unix utility which serves to find files on filesystems. It searches through a prebuilt database of files generated by the updatedb command or by a daemon and compressed using incremental encoding. It operates significantly faster than find, but requires regular updating of the database.

  4. List of GNU Core Utilities commands - Wikipedia

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    Changes file security context chgrp: Changes file group ownership chown: Changes file ownership chmod: Changes the permissions of a file or directory cp: Copies a file or directory dd: Copies and converts a file df: Shows disk free space on file systems dir: Is exactly like "ls -C -b". (Files are by default listed in columns and sorted vertically.)

  5. List of POSIX commands - Wikipedia

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    Find printable strings in files 2BSD strip: C programming Optional (SD) Remove unnecessary information from executable files Version 1 AT&T UNIX stty: Misc Mandatory Set the options for a terminal Version 2 AT&T UNIX tabs: Misc Mandatory Set terminal tabs PWB UNIX tail: Text processing Mandatory Copy the last part of a file PWB UNIX [citation ...

  6. Shell script - Wikipedia

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    Editing a FreeBSD shell script for configuring ipfirewall. A shell script is a computer program designed to be run by a Unix shell, a command-line interpreter. [1] The various dialects of shell scripts are considered to be command languages. Typical operations performed by shell scripts include file manipulation, program execution, and printing ...

  7. Unix shell - Wikipedia

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    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 command language and a scripting language , and is used by the operating system to control the execution of the system using shell scripts .

  8. exec (system call) - Wikipedia

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    l – Command-line arguments are passed individually (a list) to the function. p – Uses the PATH environment variable to find the file named in the file argument to be executed. v – Command-line arguments are passed to the function as an array (vector) of pointers. path

  9. man page - Wikipedia

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    The name of the command or function, followed by a one-line description of what it does. SYNOPSIS In the case of a command, a formal description of how to run it and what command line options it takes. For program functions, a list of the parameters the function takes and which header file contains its declaration. DESCRIPTION