Unix Quick Reference Guide 

The following are some basic commands to be used at the unix
shell.  This 
should get a new Unix user started in good fashion.

I will list the following commands in this order:

The first line will be the command you would type at the
keyboard.

The second line will be a brief description of what the command
does.

The third line is an example of how to use the command.

Any filenames in the example line can be replaced by relevant
files in
your account. 

Any additional lines for a command will be additions to the
example line.
These will serve to show several forms of a command. 

Many thanx to Darrell Shandrow (nu7i@indirect.com) for his work
in
compiling this list!

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ls
Lists files in the current directory. Like dir for dos.
ls

cp fromfile tofile
Copies files. Can be done to a different director if path
explicitly stated.
copy /users/a/abc/test.txt /users/a/abc/testfiles/test.txt

mv fromfile tofile
Move or rename a file.
mv test1.txt test.txt

rm
Removes files. Please be careful with this one!
rm test1.txt

more
Read text files one screen at a time.
more test.txt

cd
Change to a different directory.
cd /files

mkdir
Make a subdirectory in your current directory.
mkdir client

rmdir
Remove directory.  (Make sure all files have been removed from it
first.)
rmdir client

cls
Clear the screen.
cls

chktime
Check to see how many hours of time you have used this month.
chktime

exit
Leave the system and hang up.
exit

telnet
"remote login to another computer. (port shown in 2nd example.)
telnet whip.isca.uiowa.edu
telnet erau.db.erau.edu 8888

ftp
File transfer protocol.  (Get files from other system to your
account.)
ftp oak.oakland.edu
(Log in as anonymous with your email address as password.)

finger
See what other users are up to.. (finger email address)
finger nu7i@indirect.com

gopher
Run gopher internet info retrieval tool.
gopher
gopher gopher.eff.org (gophers to a specific gopher server.)

write
Type directly to the screen of another Internet Direct user.
write nu7i

talk
Type directly with users on other systems.
talk shandrow@enuxsa.eas.asu.edu

ytalk
Use this when talk doesn't work. 
(It can also do conference.)
ytalk audxs@acvax.inre.asu.edu

elm
Run Elm electronic mail program.
elm

pine
Run Pine electronic mail program.
pine

rn
Run rn Usenet news reader.
rn 
rn misc.handicap

trn 
Run threaded rn news reader.
trn

tin
Run Tin Usenet news reader.
tin

tin -w
Post an original article.
tin -w

pico
Run Pico text editor. (Nice, word processor-type editor.)
pico test.tx