Glossary · Computer science
Unix command
A small program run from a Unix or Linux shell, such as ls, grep or chmod.
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You will meet unix command in 1 prompt of Icillion. Of the 58 answers they accept, only 45 reach The Deep or below.
For example
From the prompt “Name a Unix or Linux command”, the familiar end of the list:
- ls
- cd
- pwd
- cat
- grep
- mkdir
- rm
- cp
- mv
- echo
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