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UNIX Commands in Nutshell

UNIX Command Summary There are MANY commands available for you in a UNIX shell account. A list of them follows (in no particular order). Remember, you can always read the manpage on each command for more information. ls …………….. show directory, in alphabetical order logout …………. logs off system mkdir ………….. make a directory rmdir ………….. remove directory (rm -r to delete folders with files) rm …………….. remove files cd …………….. change current directory man (command) …… shows help on a specific command talk (user) …….. pages user for chat – (user) is a email address write (user) ……. 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) …… connect to another Internet site ftp (host) ……… connects to a FTP site