Index of Unix commands

A

AFS (Andrew File System)
abbreviating commands
access, file and directory
alias
arrow keys

B

backgrounding tasks
bg (background command)

C

cat (display files)
cd (change directory)

• directories
• password
• permissions (access privileges)

check spelling

combining

• commands
• files (using redirection)

command help

commands

• abbreviating commands (aliases)
• removing abbreviations

configuration files

• .cshrc
• .login
• .mylogin
• .mycshrc
• .Xdefaults
• .Xstartup

concatenate files (using redirection)

consult

copying

• files
• directories
• cp (copy)

D

date

deleting

• files
• directories

directories

• changing
• copying
• creating
• deleting
• current directory path
• home
• moving
• renaming
• root
• security
• viewing

disk quota (file storage space)

dotfiles

• bypassing at login
• definition
• repairing
• .cshrc
• .login
• .mylogin
• .mycshrc
• .Xdefaults
• .Xstartup

E

exiting the system

F

fg (foreground)

files

• combining (using redirection)
• copying
• deleting
• moving
• securing
• viewing
• find

finding

• files
• tasks
• your working directory
• foregrounding tasks
• fs la (list access privileges)
• fs lq (show percentage of file storage space (disk quota) being used)
• fs quota (show percentage of file storage space (disk quota) being used)
• fs sa (set access control list)

G

grep

H

head

help

• consult
• tutorials

history

J

jobs

K

kill

L

listing

• files and directories
• tasks

logout
lpq (list printer queue)
lpr (print from outside a program)
lprm (cancel print job)
ls (list files & directories)

M

make directory
man
mkdir (create directory)
more (viewing files)

moving

• between directories
• files and directories
• tasks to the background
• tasks to the foreground
• mv (moving & renaming files)

N

name completion
news
nicknaming commands

P

password

privileges

• changing
• viewing

piping
printing
print queue
printing (stopping)
ps (list current processes)
pwd (print working directory)

Q

quitting
quota (file storage space, disk quota)

R

redirection

removing

• aliases
• command nicknames
• files
• directories
• renaming files and directories
• rm (remove file)
• rmdir (remove directory)

S

search
setting permissions
sort
spell
stop tasks

T

tasks

• backgrounding
• foregrounding
• listing
• killing

tail
time

U

unalias

V

viewing

• files
• directories
• head
• more
• tail

W

wc (line, word and character count)
wildcards
word count

Z

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Last modified October 25, 2005 by cawalker