"Unix Text Processing"
E170572
"Unix Text Processing" is a classic technical book that teaches practical techniques for manipulating and formatting text on Unix systems using tools like sed, awk, and troff.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Unix Text Processing" canonical | 1 |
| Unix Text Processing | 1 |
| sed & awk | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1496467 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "Unix Text Processing" Context triple: [Tim O'Reilly, notableWork, "Unix Text Processing"]
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A.
The Art of Unix Programming
The Art of Unix Programming is a book that explores the philosophy, design principles, and culture of Unix software development, emphasizing simplicity, modularity, and the Unix way.
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B.
Bravo text editor
Bravo text editor was an early WYSIWYG word processing program developed at Xerox PARC that pioneered many modern graphical text-editing concepts.
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C.
GNU Grep
GNU Grep is the GNU Project’s free, open-source implementation of the grep command-line utility used for fast text searching and pattern matching in files.
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D.
GNU Core Utilities
GNU Core Utilities is a collection of essential command-line tools for Unix-like operating systems, providing fundamental file, text, and shell utilities widely used in GNU/Linux systems.
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E.
The GNU Manifesto
The GNU Manifesto is Richard Stallman’s foundational essay outlining the philosophy, goals, and rationale for the free software movement and the GNU Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "Unix Text Processing" Target entity description: "Unix Text Processing" is a classic technical book that teaches practical techniques for manipulating and formatting text on Unix systems using tools like sed, awk, and troff.
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A.
The Art of Unix Programming
The Art of Unix Programming is a book that explores the philosophy, design principles, and culture of Unix software development, emphasizing simplicity, modularity, and the Unix way.
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B.
Bravo text editor
Bravo text editor was an early WYSIWYG word processing program developed at Xerox PARC that pioneered many modern graphical text-editing concepts.
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C.
GNU Grep
GNU Grep is the GNU Project’s free, open-source implementation of the grep command-line utility used for fast text searching and pattern matching in files.
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D.
GNU Core Utilities
GNU Core Utilities is a collection of essential command-line tools for Unix-like operating systems, providing fundamental file, text, and shell utilities widely used in GNU/Linux systems.
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E.
The GNU Manifesto
The GNU Manifesto is Richard Stallman’s foundational essay outlining the philosophy, goals, and rationale for the free software movement and the GNU Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unix book
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computer science book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ technical book ⓘ |
| approach |
hands-on examples
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task-oriented tutorials ⓘ |
| author |
Dale Dougherty
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Tim O'Reilly ⓘ
surface form:
Tim O’Reilly
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| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focus |
formatting text on Unix systems
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practical techniques for manipulating text on Unix systems ⓘ |
| hasSection |
awk pattern scanning and processing
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introduction to Unix text tools ⓘ sed stream editing ⓘ shell pipelines for text processing ⓘ troff and nroff formatting ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
book
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print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classic coverage of Unix text-processing tools
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early comprehensive treatment of sed and awk ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Hayden Books
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O'Reilly Media ⓘ
surface form:
O’Reilly Media
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| relatedTo |
Unix shell
ⓘ
GNU Awk ⓘ
surface form:
awk
nroff ⓘ sed ⓘ text editors on Unix ⓘ troff ⓘ |
| subject |
Unix
ⓘ
awk ⓘ nroff ⓘ sed ⓘ shell tools ⓘ text formatting ⓘ text processing ⓘ troff ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Unix users
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software developers ⓘ system administrators ⓘ |
| teaches |
use of awk for text processing
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use of nroff for document formatting ⓘ use of sed for text editing ⓘ use of troff for document formatting ⓘ |
| title |
"Unix Text Processing"
self-link
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surface form:
Unix Text Processing
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: "Unix Text Processing" Description of subject: "Unix Text Processing" is a classic technical book that teaches practical techniques for manipulating and formatting text on Unix systems using tools like sed, awk, and troff.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Unix Text Processing
this entity surface form:
Unix Text Processing
this entity surface form:
sed & awk