An Interactive Unix Tutor

File and Directory Commands

• Introduction to XX
• Making and Editing Files

Displaying Files

• ls LiSt files. 5 column display. Ex.: ls
• ls -a LiSt files. Including . files. Ex.: ls -a
• ls -s LiSt files. Show size. Ex.: ls -s
• ls -l LiSt files. Long Form. Give lots of information. Ex.: ls -l
• ls -as Combine two of the switches. Ex.: ls -as
• ls -R LiSt files in all subdirectories, too. Ex.: ls -R
• ls -CF LiSt files. Multi columns. Denote which are subdirectories, executables and symbolic links. Ex.: ls -CF

Viewing Files

• more Displays file a page a time. Ex.: more argsnea.doc
• cat conCATenate: Displays entire file as one file. Works like TYPE in DOS. (Can't show an example from Lynx)
• head show HEAD (first few lines of file). Ex.: head argsnea.doc
• tail show TAIL (last few lines of file) Ex.: argsnea.doc

Deleting Files

• rm Ex. %rm todelete.doc
• rm * Ex. Uhh. I don't think I want to show you an example of this! :-)

Creating and Moving Around In Directories

• pwd Print Working Directory name. Ex.: pwd
• mkdir MaKe DIRectory. Ex.: mkdir work
• rmdir ReMove DIRectory. Ex.: rmdir newdir
• cd Change Directory. Ex.: cd newdir
• cd ~ CD to home directory. Ex.: cd ~
• cd .. CD to parent directory. Ex.: cd ..

Copying, Moving, and Renaming Files

• cp CoPy file. Ex.:
• cp file subdir Ex.: cp thisfile newdir
• cp file parentdir ~/public_html
• mv file1 file2

Finding Information

• man
• finger
• chfin
• grep
• chmod
• File Permissions
• date
• users
• w
• who

Communicating with Other Users

• talk
• write

Cleaning Up and Logging Off

• ps
• kill
• logout

  Other Stuff

  • set prompt

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