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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!europa.clark.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!news.voicenet.com!not-for-mail From: Jonathan Bodarky <jbodarky@ncofsi.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 14:11:11 -0400 Organization: NCO Financial Systems, Inc. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5l3c2f$i1j@pasilla.bbnplanet.com> Reply-To: jbodarky@ncofsi.com NNTP-Posting-Host: consh61-pri.voicenet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:44891 comp.os.linux.misc:175130 comp.os.linux.x:61481 alt.os.linux:21102 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3190 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40843 gnu.misc.discuss:31221 comp.unix.solaris:106396 SNIP SNIP SNIP SNIP dd = Data Dump (At least I always thought so) ls = lIsT (ditto) cc = C Compiler du = Disk Usage cp = CoPy mv = MoVe su = Super User sz = Send Zmodem (applies for SX and SY if you have 'em) ln = LiNk ex = * I have to think it comes from tEXt editor... vi = VIsual editor ed = uhh, editor? lc = List Contents dc = Desk Calculator bc = * I think i read somewhere that this is Berkeley Calculator, but that doesn't make sense. ANY IDEAS? ps = Process Status wc = Word Count ld = Dynamic Link editor (why ld? who knows) hd = Hex Dump od = Octal Dump nl = Numbering Lines I know there are many more, these are the only ones I could spit out right now.... Lets add to this!!!