This chapter is a quick reference to commands listed elsewhere in the document.
file commands | |
cp source destination | Copy the file from source to destination. |
mv source destination | Move the file from source to destination. |
cd [path] | Change the current directory to path. If path is not specified, change to home directory. |
pwd | Print the working directory. |
ls | List the files in the current directory. |
less file | show the contents of file |
help commands | |
man command | Get help for command |
apropos topic | List command dealing with topic |
communication commands | |
finger user@host | displays information about user on the machine host |
who | lists users logged in to your machine |
miscellaneous commands | |
grep string file1 file2 ... | displays all the lines in file1 file2 ... that contain string |
cal month year | display a calendar for the specified month and year |
ispell file | check the spelling of a document |
script file | send all screen I/O to file until exit is typed. |