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October 2, 2024

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Free download: Unix user commands reference guide

Download this reference guide with the first four editions of the original Unix.

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From author Jim Hall:

User commands (section 1 commands) from the first four editions of original Unix:

Note that some of these commands that seem to “disappear” didn’t actually go away. For example, the shell supported labels since Unix 2nd Edition, but: wasn’t listed separately in the manual after that. And commands like check and df moved to the “system maintenance” section of the manual, since they weren’t meant as “general user” commands at the time.

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