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Subject: RE: UNIX NAME ABBREVIATIONS
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Date: Mon, 16-Nov-87 14:06:04 EST
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11/20/86
        UNIX ABBREVIATIONS

unix    from "multics" - similar but unified

awk     from Aho, Weinberger, & Kernighan - the authors
cpp     from C Pre Processor
cu      from Call UNIX
grep    from Globally search for Regular Expression and Print
 egrep  from extended grep
 fgrep  from fast grep
rc      from Run time Command file - (at end of program name)
roff    from Run OFF a copy of this document
 nroff  from New ROFF
 sroff  from Simpler ROFF
 troff  from Typestter ROFF
 otroff from Old TROFF
 ditroff frm Device Independent ROFF
su      from Substitute User
uucp    from UNIX to UNIX CoPy
uux     from UNIX to UNIX command eXecution
yacc    from Yet Another Compiler Compiler

foobar  from foo divided by 2 pi