textutils
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textutils was the former name of a collection of GNU command-line text processing utilities that were later consolidated into the GNU Core Utilities package.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GNU Textutils | 1 |
| textutils canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2792268 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: textutils Context triple: [GNU Core Utilities, previousName, textutils]
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A.
TextEdit
TextEdit is a simple, built-in macOS application for creating and editing plain text and rich text documents.
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B.
C-text
C-text is one of the principal textual versions of the Middle English allegorical poem *Piers Plowman*, representing a distinct editorial and manuscript tradition within its complex transmission history.
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C.
"Unix Text Processing"
"Unix Text Processing" is a classic technical book that teaches practical techniques for manipulating and formatting text on Unix systems using tools like sed, awk, and troff.
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D.
SimpleText
SimpleText was a basic text-editing and word-processing application bundled with classic Mac OS, providing users with simple tools for creating and editing plain and styled text documents.
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E.
WordPad
WordPad is a basic word processing application for Microsoft Windows that offers more features than Notepad but fewer than full office suites like Microsoft Word.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: textutils Target entity description: textutils was the former name of a collection of GNU command-line text processing utilities that were later consolidated into the GNU Core Utilities package.
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A.
TextEdit
TextEdit is a simple, built-in macOS application for creating and editing plain text and rich text documents.
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B.
C-text
C-text is one of the principal textual versions of the Middle English allegorical poem *Piers Plowman*, representing a distinct editorial and manuscript tradition within its complex transmission history.
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C.
"Unix Text Processing"
"Unix Text Processing" is a classic technical book that teaches practical techniques for manipulating and formatting text on Unix systems using tools like sed, awk, and troff.
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D.
SimpleText
SimpleText was a basic text-editing and word-processing application bundled with classic Mac OS, providing users with simple tools for creating and editing plain and styled text documents.
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E.
WordPad
WordPad is a basic word processing application for Microsoft Windows that offers more features than Notepad but fewer than full office suites like Microsoft Word.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNU software package
ⓘ
collection of command-line utilities ⓘ |
| category | text processing utilities ⓘ |
| consolidatedInto | GNU Core Utilities ⓘ |
| containsUtility |
cat
ⓘ
cksum ⓘ comm ⓘ csplit ⓘ cut ⓘ expand ⓘ fold ⓘ head ⓘ join ⓘ md5sum ⓘ nl ⓘ od ⓘ paste ⓘ pr ⓘ ptx ⓘ sort ⓘ split ⓘ sum ⓘ tail ⓘ tr ⓘ tsort ⓘ unexpand ⓘ uniq ⓘ wc ⓘ |
| developer | Free Software Foundation ⓘ |
| distributionModel | free and open-source software ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | text-related components of GNU Core Utilities ⓘ |
| function |
manipulation of text files
ⓘ
text analysis ⓘ text filtering ⓘ text formatting ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| maintainer | GNU Project ⓘ |
| mergedWith |
fileutils
ⓘ
sh-utils ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
GNU/Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| partOf | GNU Project ⓘ |
| primaryInterface | command-line interface ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
fileutils
ⓘ
sh-utils ⓘ |
| replacedBy | GNU Core Utilities ⓘ |
| status | discontinued as a separate package ⓘ |
| targetEnvironment | POSIX-compatible systems ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: textutils Description of subject: textutils was the former name of a collection of GNU command-line text processing utilities that were later consolidated into the GNU Core Utilities package.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
GNU Textutils