Useful
UNIX Commands
- passwd - use to
change your password. Type passwd
then follow the prompts.
- logout - or Ctrl/D use this command when you are done, always
- man - use the command
'man command' to learn about a command.
- cd - change directory
- cd / to back to root directory note,
slash opposite from DOS slash
- cd .. to back up one directory level,
note there must be a space
- chmod - changes files or
directory's access rights.
- pwd - print working directory (the
directory you are in)
- rmdir - remove directory (the
directory must be empty)
- mkdir - make a new directory
- rm - remove a file or directory
- ls - list files
- cp - copy a file
- mv - move a file (destroys original)
- less - view a text file
- cat - prints the contents of a file on
the screen
- quota -v - displays disk limits and
amount currently in use
- who - display who is on the machine
and where they are connected from
- w - display who is on and what they
are doing
- vi - Visual Editor.
- pico - Easy to use editor
- grep - searches a file for a pattern
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