pine
Start up the mail program called
"pine". (Another mail program is "mm")
pico
Start up the text editor called
"pico". (Another editor is "emacs")
ls -l
List the names of the files in your
current directory. The files are listed alphabetically. The "-l"
switch means list in long format. This gives permission mode, owner, size in
bytes, and time of last modification for each file.
ls
-l *.dat
List all the files with the file
extension"dat"
ls
-l fit*.sps
List all the files whose extension
is "sps" and whose name begins with "fit".
ls
-t
List all the files by date, most
recentfirst.
more
A useful program
to help you browse through a big text file. It moves forward by page
(space) or line (return). "b" moves you
backwards. "q"stops the output.
more fitness.lst
clean
Clean up any temporary or garbage
files. Remember this when you start getting "over quota" messages.
rm
Delete (remove) a
file. Be careful about using wild cards in this command, e.g.,
rm *.dat
will
remove all files with the extension "dat".
cp
Make a copy of a file. You must
give the both the old name and the new name.
cp june.dat juneold1.dat
mv
Change (move) the
name of a file. Same syntax as for copying.
mkdir
Make a subdirectory, e.g.,
mkdir hwk
rmdir
remove a
subdirectory, e.g.,
rmdir hwk
cd
Connect to another directory, e.g.,
cd
hwk
Connect to the subdirectory
"hwk" directly below the current directory.
cd ..
Connect to the next higher
directoryin the hierarchy.
cd
~cs3101-2
Connect to a class library.
cd
/scratch
Connect to the public temp
directory.
cd
/eds/datasets
Connect to the EDS datasets
directory.
pwd
What directory are you in?
lookup
Look up people in the on-line
directory, e.g.,
lookup zayac
This example searches by name. The
order can be First Last, Last, First, or wild card
combinations. Some examples:
lookup zayac, sue
lookup zayac, s*
You can also look-up a person's
name via an email id.
me
Account information on you and your
directory: type of id, expiration date, etc.
quota -v
Gives an
accounting of disk space limits and usage for your id.
man <subject>
Display the man(ual)
page for the given subject. If you don't know the exact subject name, use the
-k option to see a list of the relevant commands and topics.
man -k statistics
passwd
Change your password.
exit
Exit from the cunix cluster
machines. Always remember to do this.