UNIX Commands
Security Commands
Command |
Meaning |
Details |
| passwd | change password | allows you to change your Andrew password |
Directory Commands
Command |
Meaning |
Details |
| ~ | tilde | represents your home directory |
| pwd | print working directory | tells you where you are in your Andrew space |
| ls | list | lists files and directories with no distinction |
| ls -F | list | lists contents of a directory by distinguishing directories and files by displaying a slash (/) after the name of each directory |
| cd | change directory | |
| cd .. | change directory one level higher | changes directory to one level higher in the directory tree hierarchy |
| cd ~ | change to home directory | changes directory to the user's home directory |
| mkdir | make a directory | creates a new directory on the specified path |
| rmdir | remove a directory | removes a directory (a directory cannot be removed if it contains files or other directories) |
File Manipulation Commands
Command |
Meaning |
Details |
| cp | copy | copies or renames a file to the specified location |
| mv | move | moves or renames a file to the specified location |
| rm | remove | removes a file from a directory |
Print Commands
Command |
Meaning |
Details |
| lpr | prints file to specified printer | lpr -P <printername> <filename> |
| lpq | checks the print queue reports your job number |
lpq -P <printername> |
| lprm | cancels a print job | prm -P <printername> <jobnumber> |
