SAMS Teach Yourself Unix in 10 Minutes

Appendix B. Unix Command Reference

Command	Result
man [section] <command>	Look up a command
pwd	Display current directory
ls [-al]	List directory contents
cd<directory>	Change Directory
rm <filename>	Delete file
cp <filename> <ending filename>	Copy file to new location
mv <filename> <edning filename>	Move file to new location
cat <filename>	Display entire file
more <filename>	Display file one page at a time
wc [-l|w|c] <filename>	Return file statistics: number of words, lines, and characters
uudecode/uuencode <fielname>	Encode/decode binary file to transmit through email
bg/fg <process>	Move process to the foreground/background
ps [ax or ef]	List processes running on the system
kill -<signal> < process ID>	Send end signal to a running process
lp -d<printer name> ...