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  2. du (Unix) - Wikipedia

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    By default, the Single UNIX Specification (SUS) specifies that du is to display the file space allocated to each file and directory contained in the current directory. Links will be displayed as the size of the link file, not what is being linked to; the size of the content of directories is displayed, as expected.

  3. Linux console - Wikipedia

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    The Linux console (and Linux virtual consoles) are implemented by the VT (virtual terminal) subsystem of the Linux kernel, and do not rely on any user space software. [3] This is in contrast to a terminal emulator , which is a user space process that emulates a terminal, and is typically used in a graphical display environment.

  4. Shell (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a shell is a computer program that exposes an operating system's services to a human user or other programs. In general, operating system shells use either a command-line interface (CLI) or graphical user interface (GUI), depending on a computer's role and particular operation. It is named a shell because it is the outermost layer ...

  5. Comparison of command shells - Wikipedia

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    JP Software command-line processors provide user-configurable colorization of file and directory names in directory listings based on their file extension and/or attributes through an optionally defined %COLORDIR% environment variable. For the Unix/Linux shells, this is a feature of the ls command and the terminal.

  6. Unix shell - Wikipedia

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    blank means a file is not read by a shell at all. "yes" means a file is always read by a shell upon startup. "login" means a file is read if the shell is a login shell. "n/login" means a file is read if the shell is not a login shell. "int." means a file is read if the shell is interactive.

  7. User space and kernel space - Wikipedia

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    A modern computer operating system usually uses virtual memory to provide separate address spaces or separate regions of a single address space, called user space and kernel space. [ 1 ] [ a ] Primarily, this separation serves to provide memory protection and hardware protection from malicious or errant software behaviour.

  8. Hidden file and hidden directory - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a hidden folder (sometimes hidden directory) or hidden file is a folder or file which filesystem utilities do not display by default when showing a directory listing. They are commonly used for storing user preferences or preserving the state of a utility and are frequently created implicitly by using various utilities.

  9. Command-line interface - Wikipedia

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    instruct the directory command to also display the ownership of the files. Note the Directory command name is not case sensitive, and can be abbreviated to as few letters as required to remain unique. Windows: DIR/Q/O:S d* dir /q d* /o:s: display ownership of files whose names begin with d (or D), sorted by size, smallest first.