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Unix Quick Reference

This document provides a quick reference guide for common Unix commands, listing the command, a brief description of its action, and an example usage. Some key commands covered include ls to list files, cd to change directories, cat to display a file, grep to find patterns in files, man to view manuals, and more. Command options like -l, -a, -i are also explained.

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Unix Quick Reference

This document provides a quick reference guide for common Unix commands, listing the command, a brief description of its action, and an example usage. Some key commands covered include ls to list files, cd to change directories, cat to display a file, grep to find patterns in files, man to view manuals, and more. Command options like -l, -a, -i are also explained.

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Quick Reference: Unix Commands

To display a command description from the Unix Manual: man command

Command
alias To remove an alias: bg cat cd

Action
Creates a temporary name for a Unix command.

Example
alias name command unalias name

Places a suspended job in the background. Displays a specified file. Changes current directory to a different directory. To change back to your home directory: Directory abbreviations: ~ Home directory .. Parent directory . Current working directory cat file cd directory cd

chmod

Changes permission status for a file or directory. To keep a file private: To give everyone read permission:

chmod code file chmod code directory chmod 600 file chmod 664 file compress file uncompress file.Z cp file1 file2 cp file directory cp -i file1 file2

compress

Reduces the size of a file and adds .Z to the file's name. To restore a compressed file:

cp

Makes a copy of a file. To copy a file into a different directory: To inquire before overwriting an existing file:

diff fg finger

Compares two files and displays the differences. Restarts a suspended job in the foreground. Displays user information at the specified computer. To change your finger entry information: finger userid@computer chfn ftp address grep -icvn pattern file

ftp grep

Starts the file transfer program with a remote computer. Finds lines in a file 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 first ten lines of a file. To display the first n number of lines:

head file head -n file help note help -l

help

Displays an online help note. To display a list of help notes:

history

Displays a list of your most recent commands. To repeat the nth command from the list: To repeat your most recent command:

history ! n !! jobs job & fg %number <Control>z bg kill pid kill -9 pid

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 identification number. To use the strongest form of the kill command:

logout ls

Ends your computer session. Lists the files and subdirectories in your current directory. -l Lists long format -t Lists by modification time -r Lists in reverse order -F Lists file type with special character -a Lists all files including dot (.) files ls -Fltra

man

Displays Unix Manual entry for a command. To search Manual Index for a keyword or topic:

man command man -k keyword mkdir directory more file

mkdir more

Creates a new directory within your current directory. Displays a file one screen at a time. Use <Spacebar> to scroll forward and q to quit. Use / to find a string in the file, and n to move to the next occurrence of that string

mv

Moves a file to a different directory. Moves a directory to a second directory. To rename file1 as file2: To rename directory1 as directory2: To inquire before overwriting an existing file:

mv file directory mv directory1 directory2 mv file1 file2 mv directory1 directory2 mv -i file1 file2

passwd ps pwd rm

Starts program to change account password. Displays processes and their corresponding process identification numbers. Displays absolute pathname of current directory. Permanently deletes a file. To verify prior to removal: rm file rm -i file rmdir directory rmdir -i directory telnet address

rmdir

Deletes an empty directory. To verify prior to removal:

telnet

Starts a telnet session with a remote computer.

vi w wc

Starts the vi text editor with a file. Displays a list of who is on system. Counts lines, words, and characters in a file.

vi file

wc file

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