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Commonly Used Unix Commands

This document provides a summary of common Unix commands organized into categories including login/logout, file management, communication, information, printing, and job control. Some key commands listed are login, ssh, emacs, mkdir, cd, ls, cp, mv, rm, chmod, email, talk, write, man, quota, finger, passwd, who, ipr, ps, kill, nohup, and nice. The document recommends using the man command for more information on specific commands.

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Commonly Used Unix Commands

This document provides a summary of common Unix commands organized into categories including login/logout, file management, communication, information, printing, and job control. Some key commands listed are login, ssh, emacs, mkdir, cd, ls, cp, mv, rm, chmod, email, talk, write, man, quota, finger, passwd, who, ipr, ps, kill, nohup, and nice. The document recommends using the man command for more information on specific commands.

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Common|y used Un|x commands

1he followlng ls a shorL llsL of unlx commands mosL users wlll need lor more lnformaLlon Lry
man nf
ar|ng and Lnd|ng
|og|n `Logglng ln
ssh ConnecL Lo anoLher machlne
|ogou `Logglng ouL

||e Managemen
emacs `uslng Lhe emacs LexL edlLor
mkd|r `CreaLlng a dlrecLory
cd `Changlng your currenL worklng dlrecLory
|s `llndlng ouL whaL flles you have
cp `Maklng a copy of a flle
mv `Changlng Lhe name of a flle
rm `CeLLlng rld of unwanLed flles
chmod `ConLrolllng access Lo your flles
cmp Comparlng Lwo flles
wc Word llne and characLer counL
compress Compress a flle

Commun|ca|on
ema|| `Sendlng and recelvlng elecLronlc mall
a|k 1alk Lo anoLher user
wr|e WrlLe messages Lo anoLher user
sfp Secure flle Lransfer proLocol

Informa|on
man Manual pages
quoa v llndlng ouL your avallable dlsk space quoLa
|ca| `uslng Lhe lcal personal organlzer
f|nger CeLLlng lnformaLlon abouL a user
passwd Changlng your password
who llndlng ouL whos logged on

9r|n|ng
|pr `rlnLlng
|prm 8emovlng a prlnL [ob
|pq Checklng Lhe prlnL queues

Iob conro|
ps `llndlng your processes
k||| `kllllng a process
nohup ConLlnulng a [ob afLer logouL
n|ce Changlng Lhe prlorlLy of a [ob
`WhaL ls a background process?
Cnr|z Suspendlng a process
fg `8esumlng a suspended process

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