lex

standard UNIX utility
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lex

Summary

lex is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. lex draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #17 of 124).[2]

Key Facts

  • lex's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[3].
  • lex's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0qkp2[4].
  • lex's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/lex.html[5].
  • lex's source code repository URL is recorded as https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4BSD/usr/src/cmd/lex[6].
  • lex's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG[7].
  • lex's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL[8].
  • lex's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_COLLATE[9].
  • lex's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE[10].
  • lex's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES[11].
  • lex's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH[12].
  • lex's has command line option is recorded as n[13].
  • lex's has command line option is recorded as t[14].
  • lex's has command line option is recorded as v[15].
  • lex's man page is recorded as lex.1[16].

Why It Matters

lex draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #17 of 124).[2] lex has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] lex is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . mdoc.su. mdoc.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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