Everything about Dd (Unix)

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Dd (Unix)A 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Rewriting the Unix Stream Editor in Rust [Adventures in Code]Influential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Diabetes TagebuchThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: NMRPipe: A multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipesCited 14,104 times
5. Go sideways: Df (Unix)A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Tar (computing)A closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• NMRPipe: A multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipes

  Frank Delaglio, Stephan Grzesiek, GeertenW. Vuister · 1995 · Journal of Biomolecular NMR · 14,104 citations

• obitools: a unix‐inspired software package for DNA metabarcoding

  Frédéric Boyer, Céline Mercier, Aurélie Bonin · 2015 · Molecular Ecology Resources · 1,088 citations

• An empirical study of the reliability of UNIX utilities

  Barton P. Miller, Lars Fredriksen, Bryan So · 1990 · Communications of the ACM · 989 citations

• The UNIX time-sharing system

  Dennis M. Ritchie, Ken Thompson · 1974 · Communications of the ACM · 750 citations

• A fast file system for UNIX

  Marshall K. McKusick, William N. Joy, Samuel J. Leffler · 1984 · ACM Transactions on Computer Systems · 366 citations

• Phyx: phylogenetic tools for unix

  Joseph W Brown, Joseph F Walker, Stephen A Smith · 2017 · Bioinformatics · 336 citations

• PhyKIT: a broadly applicable UNIX shell toolkit for processing and analyzing phylogenomic data

  Jacob L Steenwyk, Thomas J Buida, Abigail L Labella · 2021 · Bioinformatics · 233 citations

• The UNIX Time-Sharing System†

  D. M. Ritchie, K. Thompson · 1978 · Bell System Technical Journal · 187 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Rewriting the Unix Stream Editor in Rust [Adventures in Code]

  Diomidis Spinellis · 2025 · IEEE Software · 3 citations

• Modern Approaches to Unix Automation: Shell Scripting, Configuration Management, and Security

  Sambasiva Rao Madamanchi · 2025 · International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology · 2 citations

• A systematic approach to understanding MACB timestamps on Unix-like systems

  Aurélien Thierry, Tilo Müller · 2022 · Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation · 1 citations

• МЕТОД ПІДВИЩЕННЯ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ ФУНКЦІОНУВАННЯ UNIX-ПОДІБНИХ СИСТЕМ

  І. С. ЧЕПУРНА, І. О. ШЕВЧЕНКО · 2025 · Вісник Херсонського національного технічного університету · 0 citations

• DEVELOPMENT OF A TEXT EDITOR FOR UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM

  Volodymyr Mietielov, Oleksiі Marusenko, Oleksandr Baskakov · 2022 · Bulletin of the National Technical University «KhPI» Series: New solutions in modern technologies · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕Diabetes TagebuchKarl Simpson · 2020
• 📕Diabetes TagebuchJason Piekser · 2020
• Unix System V/386 Release 4AT & T Bell Laboratories. Technical Publication Dept. · 1990
• The UNIX operating systemChristian, Kaare, Kaare Christian · 1983

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