This is a list of standard Unix commands that you should be familiar
with. The word "show" below means display to the stdout.
| bash |
Bourne-Again Shell |
| bg |
background |
| cat |
show each file in sequence |
| chmod |
change the permission on a file |
| chown |
change the owner of a file |
cmp |
compare two files |
| df |
show mounted volumes, etc |
| du |
show disk blocks used for one or more
directories |
| emacs |
the all-powerful text/binary editor; try
xemacs also |
| env |
lists the current environment variables |
| fg |
foreground |
grep |
print lines matching a pattern |
kill |
kills a running program |
| ln |
creates a link between two files; try
ln -s |
| ls |
list contents of directory; try ls -lisa |
| make |
maintain, update, and regenerate related
programs and files |
| man |
show reference manual pages; try man
-k |
| mkfs |
make (construct) a file volume |
| nohup |
run a command immune to hangups |
| od |
octal dump; try od -x file-name |
ps |
shows current processes |
| set |
set/get and show the values of shell
variables |
| source |
shell built-in: execute the cmds in a
file |
| time |
a prefix to commands, times the command
and prints page faults etc. |
| umask |
get/set the file mode creation mask |
| w |
who is on the system, and what they are
doing |