Command
|
Action
|
cat filename |
Display a file's contents to screen |
cat filename | more |
Display, screen by screen |
cd |
Change to home directory |
cd pathname |
Change to directory you specify |
cd .. [space between dots] |
Move up one directory |
chwhois |
Change your data in whois database |
cp oldname newname |
Copy a file [and rename, if desired] |
CTRL D [Hold down Ctrl key, Press D] |
Delete text one letter at a time |
CTRL K , CTRL U |
Delete a line of text, Undelete text |
CTRL L |
Clean screen from old text |
CTRL W |
same as r and CTRL-L |
finger [userid] or [lastname] |
Finger user information [select one] |
gmudial |
Get dial-in instruction to reach GMU |
grep string filename |
Search for a string in a file |
logout |
log out of OSF1/Mason2 and system |
lpr -Pportrait filename |
Print to the laser printer |
lpr -Plandscape |
Print sideways to the laser printer |
lpr -Pscript filename |
Print a postscript file |
ls |
List files in current directory |
ls -a |
List all files in current directory |
ls -l |
List files in long format in current dir |
ls -la |
List all files in long format in curr dir |
ls -lR |
List all files in long format in all dir |
lynx http://name of URL |
Access WWW: text version/no graphics |
man [cmd] [topic] |
Get help on commands or topics |
man -keyword |
Get help using a keyword |
mkdir name- of-directory |
Make a new directory [and name it] |
more filename |
Make a file appear screen by screen |
mv oldname newname |
Rename or Move a file |
passwd |
Start to changing your password |
pico filename |
Edit or create a unix file with the pico text editor |
pine |
Enter pine program: edit / send e-mail |
pwd |
Displays full pathname of current dir |
quota |
Displays space allowed/used in acct |
r |
Clean screen from old text |
rm filename |
Delete a file [can be dangerous!!] |
rmdir dirname |
Remove the directory named |
tail filename |
Displays the last few lines of a file |
users |
Lists all users logged on |
who |
Who is on the system |
whois -h gmu.edu lastname |
Displays info on a GMU user |
write |
Write to another user |
w|more |
Lists present users on-line |