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Unix Cheatsheet

The document describes various Linux/Unix commands and their functions. It explains that asterisk, period, and tilde have special meanings as wildcards or path notations. It provides brief explanations of common commands like cat, cd, cp, chmod, ls, mkdir, more, mv, rm, and pwd; and their options and uses for manipulating, moving, copying, removing and listing files and directories. It also covers commands for editing files like pico and viewing quotas.

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Unix Cheatsheet

The document describes various Linux/Unix commands and their functions. It explains that asterisk, period, and tilde have special meanings as wildcards or path notations. It provides brief explanations of common commands like cat, cd, cp, chmod, ls, mkdir, more, mv, rm, and pwd; and their options and uses for manipulating, moving, copying, removing and listing files and directories. It also covers commands for editing files like pico and viewing quotas.

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COMMAND SYNTAX DESCRIPTION

* (asterisk) Wildcard character representing zero or more of any and all adjacent
characters in file or directory names.
. (period) Notation for "current working directory."
.. (2 periods) Notation for "directory immediately above current working directory"; used with
cd and ls commands.
~ (tilde) Notation for absolute path of user's home directory.
~login Absolute path of the home directory of the user specified by Login.
cat filename Concatenate (or display) the entire file specified to the screen.
cat filename1 filename2 > filename3 Combine two or more existing files into a new file.
cat filename >> existing_filename Append one or more files to the end of an existing file.
chmod [ugoa][+-][rwx] filename Changes permissions on file or directory;u=user, g=group, o=others, a=all; +
= add permission, -=remove permission; r=read permission, w=write
permission, x=execute permission
cd dirname Change to the specified directory; can take relative or absolute path.
cp [-i] filename1 filename2 Create a duplicate of the file in the current working directory. Options include i
(interactive, prompt for y or n before overwriting an existing file).
cp [-i] filename dirname Create a duplicate of the file with the same name in the directory specified.
Options include i (interactive, prompt for y or n before before overwriting an
existing file).
cp [-i] filename dirname/filename Create a duplicate of the file with a different name in the directory specified.
Options include i (interactive, prompt for y or n before overwriting an existing
file).
lpr [-p] printer filename Print file to a specified printer
ls [-al] [filename(s) or dirname] List the specified file(s),or all the files in the specified directory. Options
include a (list all, including dot files) and l (long format).
mkdir dirname(s) Make one or more new directories with the name(s) specified.
more filename Display the specified file one screen at a time.
mv [-i] old_filename new_filename Rename the specified file. Options include i (interactive, prompt for y or n
before overwriting an existing file).
mv [-i] old_dirname new_dirname Rename the specified directory. Options include -i (interactive, prompt for y or
n before overwriting an existing directory).
mv [-i] dirname1 dirname2 Move the first directory (and all files and subdirectories it contains) to the
second directory. Directoryname2 must already exist. Options include -i
(interactive, prompt for y or n before overwriting an existing directory).
mv [-i] filename dirname Move the specified file to the specified directory. Options include -i (interactive,
prompt for y or n before overwriting an existing file).
rm [-i] filename(s) Remove the specified file(s). Options include -i (interactive, prompt for y or n
before removing).
rmdir [-i] dirname(s) Remove the specified directory(s) which must be empty. Options include -i
(interactive, prompt for y or n before removing).
pico filename Invokes the easy-to-use editor pico to edit named file. To start from scratch,
just use pico
pwd Print the name of the current working directory to the screen.
quota -v Return information about your quota limits ad current usage.

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