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From: "Dr. Borg" <vladiQmip@uniQserve.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 12:29:49 -0700
Organization: Linux ACME Laboratories Inc.
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Wayne Cochran - CS wrote:
.....
> awk = Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan
> perl = pratical extraction and report language
> lex = lexical analyzer
> yacc = yet another compiler compiler
> tar = tape archiver
> (there are a million of these -- any particular one you want?)
grep - global regular expression parser
mv - move
cat - catenate
tee - T
fifo - first in, first out
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