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*	.	..	...d	/
?	adb	AEL	AGL	AHLU
ALAR	ALE	ALFS	ALIGN	ALIS
ALP	ALSA	ALUG	APUE	ar
as	atob	awk	BALU	bash
bc	BLADE	BLDP	BLFS	BLU
BLUG	bsh	btoa	BTRU	BUUG
C89	cal	calloc	cat	cb
CBL	cc	CCS	CGL	chgrp
chmod	chown	chsh	ci	CLEM
CLI	CLIP	CLIQ	CLK	CLP
CLUG	CLUMPC	cmp	co	COLA
comm	cp	cpio	cpp	cron
csh	CSHRC	CUPS	cURL	dbx
dc	DDL	df	diff	diff3
dirname	DLUG	DRBL	DSLN	du
ed	EFSL	egrep	ELB	ELEC
ELEM	ELIF	ELKS	ELL	elm
ELMP	ELS	emacs	ENVP	EPEL
eqn	EUC	EUU	eval	EXECVE
expr	fc	FCOL	fgrep	FLUG
FLUX	fmt	FOLK	FRUUG	fsck
FSDV	fstab	ftio	FUSE	fuser
G	GACL	GCL	GDSII	GECOS
getty	GGL	GLAD	GLCU	GLI
GLIS	GLOCK	GLUG	GLUM	GNU
GPAU	grep	GUL	GULCR	GUUG
GUX	GVFS	HDA1	HULK	HUMBUG
HUP	HURD	HUUG	id	IFL
IGLU	ILUU	imake	IOU	irc
IUAB	JBL	jsh	JUDS	JUS
KLC	KLCP	KLDP	KMFL	ksh
KTCH	LACK	LAD	LAIP	LAME
LAMER	LAMP	LAMPP	LAMR	LAOS
LAU	LBC	LBG	LBSE	LBW
LC	LCI	LCIT	LD	LDD
LDE	LDK	LDL	LDT	LDTP
LESP	lex	LFC	LFFL	LFTB
LFY	LGGT	LGP	lharc	LHCS
LHMC	LIAB	LIDS	LINW	LIO
LIOS	LIP	LIR	LIRC	LISA
LK	LKI	LKM	LKMB	LKML
LKP	LLII	LLMP	LMD	LMDE
LMG	LML	LMP	ln	LNW
logname	LOLL	LOMS	lorder	LOST
LOTD	LPBN	lpc	lpd	LPE
LPG	LPIC	lpq	lpr	lprm
LQL	LRC	ls	LSB	LSD
LSEEK	LSM	LSOF	LSV	LT
LTRP	LTSP	LUG	LUGOD	LUGT
LUGU	LUKS	LUV	LUW	LVAT
LVBS	LVEE	LVFS	LVM	LWN
m4	MAC	man	mg	MKDIR
mkfs	mknod	MLC	MLDB	MLO
MODUS	MTR	MUC	mv	mvdir
mwm	nawk	NBC	nl	NLD
nm	nn	nohup	nroff	oclock
od	OEL	OLS	OLT	ONL
OSLO	passwd	pax	pcc	pg
PGP	PICO	PLD	PLEB	PLUG
PLW	povray	PPID	pr	prof
prs	ps	PUPS	pwd	qdaemon
R...	ranlib	RCL	rcp	rcs
RED	REISUB	RETR	RHEL	RHUL
RLDP	rlogin	rm	rmail	rmdel
rmdir	rmt	roff	rsh	RSYNC
RUO	rz	sar	scp	sdb
sed	sh	shar	SIGABRT	SIGALRM
SIGBUS	SIGCHLD	SIGCONT	SIGEMT	SIGFPE
SIGHUP	SIGILL	SIGINT	SIGIO	SIGRT
SIGSEGV	SIGSYS	SIGTERM	SIGTSTP	SIGTTIN
SIGTTOU	SIGURG	SIGUSR1	SIGUSR2	SIGWINCH
SLAE	SLED	SLES	SLMG	SLS
SLUD	SLUG	stty	su	sudo
SUO	sync	sz	TAOUP	tar
tbl	tclsh	tcsh	telnet	tex
TLCL	TLDP	TLLTS	tr	troff
tsh	tsort	ttt	UADE	UDA
UDE	UDML	UDP	UDS	UE
UFS	UI	ULB	ulimit	ULK
ULM	ULN	uniq	UNIX	UNLT
UQL	USAH	USL	USR	UTS
uucp	UUE	UUO	UUU	UWO
VAGUE	VAU	vi	vim	VOLE
VUA	wall	WASL	WBEL	wc
wish	WLUG	WM	WML	WSFL
WSL	xargs	xdm	xdpr	XEL
xfd	xmkmf	xrdb	XSUS	xwd
xwud	yacc	YOLD	ZCVF	ZIP

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