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Unix Commands

The document provides a summary of basic UNIX commands including pwd to print the current working directory, ls to list files and directories, cd to change directories, mkdir to create directories, cp to copy files, rm to remove files, rmdir to remove empty directories, mv to rename or move files, who to show logged on users, clear to clear the screen, ypasswd to change passwords, ps to show running processes, kill to terminate processes, ssh and telnet to log into other machines securely or insecurely, ftp to transfer files between machines, and emacs and pico which are text editors.

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Unix Commands

The document provides a summary of basic UNIX commands including pwd to print the current working directory, ls to list files and directories, cd to change directories, mkdir to create directories, cp to copy files, rm to remove files, rmdir to remove empty directories, mv to rename or move files, who to show logged on users, clear to clear the screen, ypasswd to change passwords, ps to show running processes, kill to terminate processes, ssh and telnet to log into other machines securely or insecurely, ftp to transfer files between machines, and emacs and pico which are text editors.

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August, 2003

Basic UNIX Commands


Command man pwd ls cd Description and Example Help for a specific UNIX command. Hit the spacebar to see more of the help page and q to quit the help page, e.g., man yppasswd Prints the name of the current working directory. Prints the list of the files and directories in the present working directory. Changes directory to the specified directory, e.g., cd mydirectory In order to go up one directory level, type cd .. In order to go to the top (home) directory, type cd Creates a directory in the current directory, e.g., mkdir mynewdirectory Copies a file (or group of files) to another file (or group of files), e.g., cp originalfile newfile If the new file is in another directory (thats already been created), type cp originalfile otherdirectory/newfile To move all the files in a directory to another one, type: cp * otherdirectory/. UNIX to MS-Dos copy, useful for backing up files to a floppy, e.g., to copy all the files in a directory to a: drive, type mcopy * a: Used to erase a file, e.g., rm unwantedfile Used to remove an empty directory, that is, you must erase all the files in the directory before it can be removed, e.g., rmdir unwanteddirectory Renames a file, e.g., mv oldfilename newfilename Or moves a file to another directory, e.g., mv file otherdirectory/. Shows who is currently logged on to the computer. Clears the screen Used to change your login password Shows the processes (programs) that a user is using and the associated PID numbers, e.g., for the user pfurth, type ps u pfurth Used to terminate a process that you cant exit in a normal way, e.g., to terminate process ID 23270, type kill 23270 For logging securely onto another machine, e.g., ssh othermachine Type exit to log out from the other machine. For logging insecurely onto another machine, e.g., telnet othermachine Type exit to log out from the other machine. A program for transferring files from one UNIX machine to another. Type quit to exit from ftp. Graphical text editor. This is a program common to many UNIX environments. Text editor that can be used with easily with telnet or ssh. Its not graphical.

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mcopy rm rmdir mv who clear ypasswd ps kill ssh telnet ftp emacs pico

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