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GNU Diffutils

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GNU Diffutils

Summary

GNU Diffutils is a command-line tool[1]. It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • GNU Diffutils's instance of is recorded as command-line tool[3].
  • GNU Diffutils's instance of is recorded as utility software[4].
  • GNU Diffutils's instance of is recorded as GNU package[5].
  • GNU Diffutils's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • GNU Diffutils's maintained by is recorded as Jim Meyering[7].
  • GNU Diffutils's maintained by is recorded as Paul Eggert[8].
  • GNU Diffutils's movement is recorded as free software movement[9].
  • GNU Diffutils's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[10].
  • GNU Diffutils's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[11].
  • GNU Diffutils's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[12].
  • GNU Diffutils's operating system is recorded as BSD[13].
  • GNU Diffutils's operating system is recorded as macOS[14].
  • GNU Diffutils's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[15].
  • GNU Diffutils's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7[16].
  • GNU Diffutils's software version identifier is recorded as 3.8[17].
  • GNU Diffutils's software version identifier is recorded as 3.9[18].
  • GNU Diffutils's software version identifier is recorded as 3.10[19].
  • GNU Diffutils's software version identifier is recorded as 3.11[20].
  • GNU Diffutils's software version identifier is recorded as 3.12[21].
  • GNU Diffutils's part of is recorded as GNU Project[22].
  • GNU Diffutils's has use is recorded as file comparison[23].
  • +1992-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of GNU Diffutils[24].
  • GNU Diffutils's official website is recorded as https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/[25].
  • GNU Diffutils's source code repository URL is recorded as https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/diffutils.git[26].
  • GNU Diffutils's source code repository URL is recorded as https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=diffutils.git[27].

Body

Publication

GNU Diffutils's part of is recorded as GNU Project[22].

Subject and Themes

GNU Diffutils's movement is recorded as free software movement[9].

Why It Matters

GNU Diffutils is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Related Entities

BSD free software GNU Project Jim Meyering macOS Paul Eggert Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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