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Command
alias To remove an alias: ansiprint assets bg cat cd
Action
Creates a temporary name for a Unix command.
Example
alias name command unalias name ansiprint le
Prints a le to a printer connected to your computer. Displays your account resources, use, and threshold. Places a suspended job in the background. Displays a specied le. Changes current directory to a different directory. To change back to your home directory: Directory abbreviations: ~ Home directory .. Parent directory . Current working directory
cat le cd directory cd
chmod
Changes permission status for a le or directory. To keep a le private: To give everyone read permission:
chmod code le chmod code directory chmod 600 le chmod 664 le compress le uncompress le.Z
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compress
Reduces the size of a le and adds .Z to the le's name. To restore a compressed le:
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cp
Makes a copy of a le. To copy a le into a different directory: To inquire before overwriting an existing le:
diff fg nger
Compares two les and displays the differences. Restarts a suspended job in the foreground. Displays user information at the specied computer. To change your nger entry information: nger userid@computer chfn ftp address grep -icvn pattern le
ftp grep
Starts the le transfer program with a remote computer. Finds lines in a le matching a character pattern. -i Ignores case -c Lists count of lines that contain pattern -v Lists all lines except those with pattern -n Lists line number for each found pattern
head
Displays the rst ten lines of a le. To display the rst n number of lines:
head le head -n le help note help -l history ! n !! jobs job & fg %number <Control>z bg kill pid kill -9 pid
help
history
Displays a list of your most recent commands. To repeat the nth command from the list: To repeat your most recent command:
jobs
Displays active jobs and their corresponding job numbers. To start a job in the background: To return a job to the foreground by the job number: To send a running job to the background:
kill
Terminates a process by its process identication number. To use the strongest form of the kill command:
logout ls
Ends your computer session. Lists the les and subdirectories in your current directory. -l Lists long format -t Lists by modication time -r Lists in reverse order -F Lists le type with special character -a Lists all les including dot (.) les ls -Fltra
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lynx
Starts a text-only Web browser session Starts a Web browser session at a specic Web address.
lynx lynx url man command man -k keyword mesg mesg y (or n) mkdir directory more le
man
Displays Unix Manual entry for a command. To search Manual Index for a keyword or topic:
mesg
Displays your talk and write message access status. To set your message status to yes or no:
mkdir more
Creates a new directory within your current directory. Displays a le one screen at a time. Use <Spacebar> to scroll forward and q to quit.
mv
Moves a le to a different directory. Moves a directory to a second directory. To rename le1 as le2: To rename directory1 as directory2: To inquire before overwriting an existing le:
Starts program to change account password. Starts the Pico text editor with a le. Starts the Pine electronic mail program. Displays processes and their corresponding process identication numbers. Displays absolute pathname of current directory. Permanently deletes a le. To verify prior to removal: rm le rm -i le rmdir directory rmdir -i directory spell le telnet address vi le pico le
rmdir
spell telnet vi w wc
Checks the spelling in a le. Starts a telnet session with a remote computer. Starts the vi text editor with a le. Displays a list of who is on system. Counts lines, words, and characters in a le.
wc le
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Routes output from command to le Appends output to existing le Routes output between commands
Wildcards used in lenames * ? Matches any number of characters Matches one character
Control codes <Control>s <Control>q <Control>d <Control>c <Control>z <Control>u Suspends the screen display Restarts suspended display Signals end of le Cancels a command Suspends a process or job: use fg to restart Clears the command line
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