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Unixy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Unix + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Characteristic or reminiscent of Unix operating systems.
   • After all, if you want a listing of your local directory, you could use just plain ls (or any reasonable non-Unixy equivalent). 2008, C Michael Pilato, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W Fitzpatrick, Version Control with Subversion:
   • On the other hand, since dotfiles are a Unixy concept, we're not that concerned. 2000, Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant, Programming Perl:
   • Thing is, all that Unixy stuff is still there; you just can't see it. OS X manages to hide the files from view... 2008, Chris Seibold, Big Book of Apple Hacks:

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Synonyms

Unixish · Unix-like · Unixoid