Desired action
|
UNIX command to carry out that action
|
| Change your password
|
passwd
|
| List contents of current directory
|
ls
|
| Moving to another directory
|
cd <directory name or path>
|
| Determining your
location in UNIX |
pwd
|
| Making a new directory
|
mkdir <name of directory to create> |
| Copying a file
|
cp <name of original file> <name
of copy> |
| Renaming a file
|
mv <oldfilename> <newfilename>
|
| Removing a file
|
rm <name of file> |
| Remove (an empty) directory - use rm to empty the files from
a directory first |
rmdir <directory
name> |
| Read online user manuals
(UNIX commands) |
man <name of
command> |
| To display the contents of a file
|
cat <name of file>
|
| Display the contents
of a file a page at a time |
more <name of file>
|
| Printing a file
|
lpr <name of file>*
|
| Looking at the printer queue
|
lpq
|
| Creating a new text
file |
xemacs <filename>
OR emacs <filename> |
| Spell checking a
file |
spell <name of file>
|
| Checking your disk quota
|
quota |
| Clearing the screen
|
clear
|
| Quitting from Unix
|
logout
|
| Saving your
command line interactions to a file |
script
|