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Basic UNIX Commands

man <command>

find and display reference manual pages for a command. (DOS=help)

ls -l

List contents of directory(List in long format, giving mode, number of links, owner, group, size in bytes, and time of last modification for each file (see above). If the file is a special file, the size field instead contains the major and minor device numbers rather than a size. If the file is a symbolic link, the filename is printed followed by and the pathname of the referenced file). (DOS=dir)

ls -a

List contents of directory(List all entries, including those that begin with a dot (.), which are normally not listed).

cd <directory>

Changes to the prompted directory. (DOS=cd)

cd

Change to your home directory.

rm <filename>

remove files. (DOS=del)

rmdir <directory>

Remove directories. (DOS=del)

cp <filename> <filename>

Copies a file to another file.(DOS=copy)

mv <filename> <filename>

Renames a file.(DOS=rename)

mv <oldfilename> <directory>/<newfilename>

Moves a file to another directory and renames it.

chmod <filename/directory>

Change the properties of a file/directory.

pwd

To see your present working directory.

mkdir <directory name>

Make a subdirectory. (DOS=mkdir/md)

pine

One of the most popular UNIX mail tool.

tin -r

One of the most popular UNIX news reader.

sz <filename>

Downloads a file using ZMODEM.

rz <filename>

Uploads a file using ZMODEM.

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