|
Command
|
Action
|
| cat filename |
Display a file's contents to screen |
| cat filename | more |
Display, screen by screen |
| cd |
Change to home directory |
| cd pathname |
Change to directory you specify |
| cd .. [space between dots] |
Move up one directory |
| chwois |
Change your data in whois database |
| cp oldname newname |
Copy a file [and rename, if desired] |
| CTRL D [Hold down Ctrl key, Press D] |
Delete text one letter at a time |
| CTRL K , CTRL U |
Delete a line of text, Undelete text |
| CTRL L |
Clean screen from old text |
| CTRL W |
same as r and CTRL-L |
| finger [userid] or [lastname] |
Finger user information [select one] |
| grep string filename |
Search for a string in a file |
| logout |
log out of system |
| lpr filename |
Print to the line printer |
| lpr -Pportrait filename |
Print to the laser printer |
| lpr -Plandscape |
Print sideways to the laser printer |
| lpr -Pscript filename |
Print a postscript file |
| ls |
List files in current directory |
| ls -a |
List all files in current directory |
| ls -l |
List files in long format in current dir |
| ls -la |
List all files in long format in curr dir |
| ls -lR |
List all files in long format in all dir |
| lynx http://name of URL |
Access WWW: text version/no graphics |
| man [cmd] [topic] |
Get help on commands or topics |
| man -keyword |
Get help using a keyword |
| mkdir name- of-directory |
Make a new directory [and name it] |
| more filename |
Make a file appear screen by screen |
| mv oldname newname |
Rename or Move a file |
| passwd |
Start to changing your password |
| pico |
Edit a unix file with the pico editor |
| pine |
Enter pine program: edit send e-mail |
| pwd |
Displays full pathname of current dir |
| quota |
Displays space allowed/used in acct |
| r |
Clean screen from old text |
| rm filename |
Delete a file [can be dangerous!!] |
| rmdir dirname |
Remove the directory named |
| tail filename |
Displays the last few lines of a file |
| users |
Lists all users logged on |
| who |
Who is on the system |
| whois -h domainname lastname |
Displays info on a user {subsitite domainname
for the name of the server |
| write |
Write to another user |
| w|more |
Lists present users on-line |
