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UNIX Commands

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