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unixcommands


Useful commands:

 cd................Change Directory
 cp................Copy File(s)
 cat...............Print Out A File Onto The Screen
 mv................Move File(s)
 mkdir.............Make A Directory
 locate............Find A File(s)
 ed................Editor
 vi................Editor
 ls -a.............List ALL Files
 locate /..........List ALL Files on entire hard drive
 rm................Delete
 tar...............Untar (like zip) a file
 netstat -r........Show all computers connected
 pine..............Opens pine, and e-mail system
 telnet............Program to connect to other computers
 lynx..............Internet browser
 who...............Show who you are
 kill..............Stop a program
 man...............Get help
 passwd...........Change password

Another list:
 ls ................. show directory, in alphabetical order
 logout ............. logs off system
 mkdir .............. make a directory
 rmdir .............. remove directory (rm -r to delete folders with files)
 rm ................. remove files
 cd ................. change current directory
 man (command) ...... shows help on a specific command
 talk (user) ........ pages user for chat - (user) is a email address
 write (user) ....... write a user on the local system (control-c to end)

 pico (filename) .... easy to use text editor to edit files
 pine ............... easy to use mailer
 more (file) ........ views a file, pausing every screenful

 sz ................. send a file (to you) using zmodem
 rz ................. recieve a file (to the unix system) using zmodem

 telnet (host) ...... connect to another Internet site
 ftp (host) ......... connects to a FTP site
 archie (filename) .. search the Archie database for a file on a FTP site
 irc ................ connect to Internet Relay Chat
 lynx ............... a textual World Wide Web browset
 gopher ............. a Gopher database browser
 tin, trn ........... read Usenet newsgroups

 passwd ............. change your password
 chfn ............... change your "Real Name" as seen on finger
 chsh ............... change the shell you log into

 grep ............... search for a string in a file
 tail ............... show the last few lines of a file
 who ................ shows who is logged into the local system
 w .................. shows who is logged on and what they're doing
 finger (emailaddr).. shows more information about a user
 df ................. shows disk space available on the system
 du ................. shows how much disk space is being used up by folders
 chmod .............. changes permissions on a file
 bc ................. a simple calculator

 make ............... compiles source code
 gcc (file.c) ....... compiles C source into a file named 'a.out'

 gzip ............... best compression for UNIX files
 zip ................ zip for IBM files
 tar ................ combines multiple files into one or vice-versa
 lharc, lzh, lha .... un-arc'ers, may not be on your system

 dos2unix (file) (new) - strips CR's out of dos text files
 unix2dos (file) (new) - adds CR's to unix text files



 display list of files       dir/w dir               ls
                            dir                     ls -l
 display contents of file    type                    cat
 display file with pauses    type filename | more    more

 copy file                   copy                    cp
 find string in file         find                    grep
                                                    fgrep
 compare files               comp                    diff
 rename file                 rename OR ren           mv
 delete file                 erase OR del            rm
 delete directory            rmdir OR rd             rmdir
 change file protection      attrib                  chmod
 create directory            mkdir OR md             mkdir
 change working directory    chdir OR cd             cd
 get help                    help                    man
                                                    apropos
 display date and time       date, time              date
 display free disk space     chkdsk                  df
 print file                  print                   lpr
 display print queue         print                   lpq


Unix commands reference card

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Environment Control
Command                     Description

cd d                         Change to directory d

mkdir d                      Create new directory d

rmdir d                      Remove directory d

mv f1 [f2...] d              Move file f to directory d

mv d1 d2                     Rename directory d1 as d2

passwd                       Change password

alias name1 name2            Create command alias (csh/tcsh)

alias name1="name2"          Create command alias (ksh/bash)

unalias name1[na2...]        Remove command alias na

ssh nd                       Login securely to remote node

exit                         End terminal session

sentenv name v               Set env var to value v (csh/tcsh)

export name="v"              set environment variable to value v (ksh/bash)





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Output, Communication, & Help
Command                     Description

lpr -P printer f
  or
lp -d printer f              Output file f to line printer

script  [f]                  Save terminal session to f

exit                         Stop saving terminal session

mailx username               Send mail to user

man name                     Unix manual entry for name




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Process Control
Command                     Description

CTRL/c *                     Interrupt processes

CTRL/s *                     Stop screen scrolling

CTRL/q *                     Resume screen output

sleep n                      Sleep for n seconds

jobs                         Print list of jobs

kill %                       Kill job n

ps                           Print process status stats

kill  -9 n                   Remove process n

CTRL/z *                     Suspend current process

stop  %n                     Suspend background job n

cmmd&                        Run cmmd in background

bg  [%n]                     Resume background job n

fg  [%n]                     Resume foreground job n

exit                         Exit from shell



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Environment Status
Command                     Description

ls  [d]  [f...]              List files in directory

ls -1  [f...]                List files in detail

alias  [name]                Display command aliases

printenv  [name]             Print environment values

quota                        Display disk quota

date                         Print date & time

who                          List logged in users

whoami                       Display current user

finger  [username]           Output user information

chfn                         Change finger information

pwd                          Print working directory

history                      Display recent commands

! n                          Submit recent command n



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File Manipulation
Command                     Description

vi  [f]                      Vi fullscreen editor

emacs  [f]                   Emacs fullscreen editor

ed  [f]                      Text editor

wc  f                        Line, word, & char count

cat  f                       List contents of file

more  f                      List file contents by screen

cat f1 f2 >f3                Concatenates f1 & f2 into f3

chmod mode f                 Change protection mode of f

cmp f1 f2                    Compare two files

cp f1 f2                     Copy file f1 into f2

sort f                       Alphabetically sort f

split  [-n]  f               Split f into n-line pieces

mv f1  f2                    Rename file f1 as f2

rm f                         Delete (remove) file f

grep 'ptn'  f                Outputs lines that match ptn

diff f1 f2                   Lists file differences

head f                       Output beginning of f

tail f                       Output end of f



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Compiler
Command                     Description

cc  [-o f1]  f2              C compiler

lint f                       Check C code for errors

f77  [-o f1] f2              Fortran77 compiler

pc  [-o f1]  f2              Pascal compiler