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Commonly Used Unix Commands

This document provides a short list of common Unix commands across several categories including file management, communication, information, printing, and job control. Some examples are ls for finding files, emacs for text editing, mkdir for creating directories, ssh for connecting to other machines, lpr for printing, ps for finding processes, and kill for terminating processes. 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 short list of common Unix commands across several categories including file management, communication, information, printing, and job control. Some examples are ls for finding files, emacs for text editing, mkdir for creating directories, ssh for connecting to other machines, lpr for printing, ps for finding processes, and kill for terminating processes. The document recommends using the man command for more information on specific commands.

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Commonly used Unix

commands
The following is a short list of Unix commands most users will need. For more
information, try man command.

Starting and Ending


login: `Logging in'
ssh: Connect to another machine
logout: `Logging out'

File Management
emacs: `Using the emacs text editor'
mkdir: `Creating a directory'
cd: `Changing your current working directory'
ls: `Finding out what files you have'
cp: `Making a copy of a file'
mv: `Changing the name of a file'
rm: `Getting rid of unwanted files'
chmod: `Controlling access to your files'
cmp: Comparing two files
wc: Word, line, and character count
compress: Compress a file

Communication
e-mail: `Sending and receiving electronic mail'
talk: Talk to another user
write: Write messages to another user
sftp: Secure file transfer protocol

Information
man: Manual pages
quota -v: Finding out your available disk space quota
ical: `Using the Ical personal organizer'
finger: Getting information about a user
passwd: Changing your password
who: Finding out who's logged on

Printing
lpr: `Printing'
lprm: Removing a print job
lpq: Checking the print queues

Job control
ps: `Finding your processes'
kill: `Killing a process'
nohup: Continuing a job after logout
nice: Changing the priority of a job
&: `What is a background process?'
Cntrl-z: Suspending a process
fg: `Resuming a suspended process'

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