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Old 10-24-2003, 11:33 PM   #1
nitk
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programs of commands


hi,
all commands in linux are written in C or in the form of scripts right?where can i see the source code of those programs?
for example,how do i see the program corresponding to cat command?
thanx
 
Old 10-24-2003, 11:54 PM   #2
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Well, mostly C and bash, but perl and awk and anything else, too. Your distro should have a set of source disks, or you can do a websearch for a tarball of cat, I guess.
 
  


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