They have to an extent. The /proc file system on Linux is directly inspired by p...

cratermoon · 2025-10-12T15:48:27 1760284107

There's also /dev/tcp in Linux

    exec 5<>/dev/tcp/www.google.com/80
    echo -e "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nhost: www.google.com\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n" >&5
    cat <&5

Zambyte · 2025-10-12T16:50:51 1760287851

/dev/tcp does not exist in Linux.

    ls /dev/tcp

It is an abstraction in GNU Bash.

cratermoon · 2025-10-12T20:36:00 1760301360

Pardon, you're correct.

WD-42 · 2025-10-12T20:49:39 1760302179

It’s still really cool. I had no idea that existed

pjmlp · 2025-10-13T07:41:17 1760341277

Not at all, /proc comes from Solaris.

WD-42 · 2025-10-14T00:08:38 1760400518

Looking into it we are both wrong. Plan 9 implemented /proc after 8th edition Unix. Solaris and Linux both implemented it at the same time in 1992.