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Re:Research Unix Sixth Edition (WASM) by mseepgood on Sunday October 29, 2023 @10:11AM (#38058822)
Explore the file system via chdir and ls (or ls -l), see what programs there are under /bin. Compile a C program (e.g. from ken's home directory) with cc and run it. Read the v6 man pages: https://man.cat-v.org/unix-6th/ Learn ed and write your own C program.
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Re:Research Unix Sixth Edition (WASM) by swagempire on Sunday October 29, 2023 @10:30AM (#38058956)
It even lacks man pages btw
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Re:Research Unix Sixth Edition (WASM) by mseepgood on Sunday October 29, 2023 @10:38AM (#38059013)
I don't know why the man command is missing, because the pages themselves are there under /usr/man.
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Re:Research Unix Sixth Edition (WASM) by mimotomo2009 on Sunday October 29, 2023 @12:01PM (#38059808)
You can use roff to show the manpages.

e.g. roff -Tman who.1

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Re:Research Unix Sixth Edition (WASM) by swagempire on Sunday October 29, 2023 @01:39PM (#38060835)
Cool-- thanks :)
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Re:Research Unix Sixth Edition (WASM) by swagempire on Sunday October 29, 2023 @10:27AM (#38058935)
OK -- thanks:)
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