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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