Unix Commands

ls .................
logout .............
mkdir ..............
rmdir ..............
files)
rm .................
cd .................
man (command) ......
talk (user) ........
write (user) .......

show directory, in alphabetical order

logs off system
make a directory
remove directory (rm -r to delete folders with
remove files
change current directory
shows help on a specific command
pages user for chat - (user) is a email address
write a user on the local system (control-c to end)

pico (filename) .... easy to use text editor to edit files

pine ............... easy to use mailer
more (file) ........ views a file, pausing every screenful
sz ................. send a file (to you) using zmodem
rz ................. recieve a file (to the unix system) using zmodem
telnet (host) ......
ftp (host) .........
archie (filename) ..
irc ................
lynx ...............
gopher .............
tin, trn ...........

connect to another Internet site

connects to a FTP site
search the Archie database for a file on a FTP site
connect to Internet Relay Chat
a textual World Wide Web browser
a Gopher database browser
read Usenet newsgroups

passwd ............. change your password

chfn ............... change your "Real Name" as seen on finger
chsh ............... change the shell you log into
grep ...............
tail ...............
who ................
w ..................
finger (emailaddr)..
df .................
du .................
folders
chmod ..............
bc .................

search for a string in a file

show the last few lines of a file
shows who is logged into the local system
shows who is logged on and what they're doing
shows more information about a user
shows disk space available on the system
shows how much disk space is being used up by
changes permissions on a file
a simple calculator

make ............... compiles source code

gcc (file.c) ....... compiles C source into a file named 'a.out'
gzip ...............
zip ................
tar ................
lharc, lzh, lha ....

best compression for UNIX files

zip for IBM files
combines multiple files into one or vice-versa
un-arc'ers, may not be on your system

dos2unix (file) (new) - strips CR's out of dos text files

unix2dos (file) (new) - adds CR's to unix text files