UNIX command Operations

Basic Commands

[Man View]--Almighty command

1. LS list file (-al)

2. CD Conversion Directory

3, mkdir set up a new directory

4. CP Copy File (-R)

5. RM Delete file (-RF)

6. MV Moving files

7. Nano Text editor

8. Cat View Files

9, open File

10. Touch New File

11. CHGRP Change the user group to which the file belongs

12. Chown Change the file owner

13, chmod Change permissions (777-[r:4][w:2][x:1][-:0])

ex:$ chmod 777 A.C $

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Directory Operations

Command name function Description Use example?

mkdir Create a directory mkdir dirname

RmDir Delete a directory rmdir dirname

Mvdir move or rename a directory Mvdir Dir1 Dir2

CD Change current directory CD DirName

PWD Displays the path name of the current directory pwd

LS Displays the contents of the current directory Ls-la

File operations

Command name function Description Use example

Cat display or connection file cat filename

OD Displays the contents of non-text files od-c filename

CP Copy files or directories CP file1 file2

RM Delete file or directory RM filename

MV Change the file name or the directory in which MV File1 file2

Find finds files using matching expressions. -name "*.C"-print

File display files of type filename

Select action

Command name function Description Use example

Head displays the first few lines of the file head-20 filename

Tail display the last few lines of a file tail-15 filename

Cut displays some fields in each line of the file cut-f1,7-d:/etc/passwd

COLRM remove several columns from standard input COLRM 8 file2

Diff compares and displays the difference of two files diff file1 File2

Sort or merge files sort-d-f-u file1

Uniq remove duplicate lines from the file Uniq file1 file2

Comm displays both public and non-public rows of two ordered files comm file1 file2

Number of characters, number of words, and number of lines in WC statistics file WC filename

NL adds line number to file NL file1 >file2

Process actions

Command name function Description Use example

PS Display process Current state PS U

Kill terminates the process kill-9 30142

Time operation

Command name function Description Use example

Date Displays the current date and time of the system.

Cal Display Calendar cal 8 1996

Time of execution of the statistics program a.out

Network and communication operations

Command name function Description Use example

Telnet telnet hpc.sp.net.edu.cn

Rlogin telnet rlogin hostname-l username

RSH executes the specified command on the remote host rsh f01n03 date

FTP transfers files between the local host and the remote host ftpftp.sp.net.edu.cn

rcp copying files between the local host and the remote host RCP file1 host1:file2

Ping sends a response request to a network host ping hpc.sp.net.edu.cn

Mail Read and send email

Write sends a message to another user write username pts/1

MESG allow or deny receive messages MESG N

Korn shell command

Command name function Description Use example

History lists several recently executed commands and numbering history

R repeatedly executes a command that has recently been executed r-2

Alias defines aliases for a command del=rm-i

Unalias to cancel the definition of an alias Unalias del

Other commands

Command name function Description Use example

Uname displays information about the operating system uname-a

Clear clears the screen or window contents clear

ENV displays all currently set environment variables env

Who lists all users currently logged on who

WHOAMI Displays the user name that is currently being manipulated WhoAmI

TTY displays the name of the terminal or pseudo-terminal TTY

Stty display or reset the control key definition Stty-a

Du query disk usage du-k SUBDIR?DF/TMP shows the total space and free space for the file system?

W Displays the total information for the current system activity

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Directory Operations

Command name function Description Use example

mkdir Create a directory mkdir dirname

RmDir Delete a directory rmdir dirname

Mvdir move or rename a directory Mvdir Dir1 Dir2

CD Change current directory CD DirName

PWD Displays the path name of the current directory pwd

LS Displays the contents of the current directory Ls-la

File operations

Command name function Description Use example

Cat display or connection file cat filename

OD Displays the contents of non-text files od-c filename

CP Copy files or directories CP file1 file2

RM Delete file or directory RM filename

MV Change the file name or the directory in which MV File1 file2

Find finds files using matching expressions. -name "*.C"-print

File display files of type filename

Select action

Command name function Description Use example

Head displays the first few lines of the file head-20 filename

Tail display the last few lines of a file tail-15 filename

Cut displays some fields in each line of the file cut-f1,7-d:/etc/passwd

COLRM remove several columns from standard input COLRM 8 file2

Diff compares and displays the difference of two files diff file1 File2

Sort or merge files sort-d-f-u file1

Uniq remove duplicate lines from the file Uniq file1 file2

Comm displays both public and non-public rows of two ordered files comm file1 file2

Number of characters, number of words, and number of lines in WC statistics file WC filename

NL adds line number to file NL file1 >file2

Process actions

Command name function Description Use example

PS Display process Current state PS U

Kill terminates the process kill-9 30142

Time operation

Command name function Description Use example

Date Displays the current date and time of the system.

Cal Display Calendar cal 8 1996

Time of execution of the statistics program a.out

Network and communication operations

Command name function Description Use example

Telnet telnet hpc.sp.net.edu.cn

Rlogin telnet rlogin hostname-l username

RSH executes the specified command on the remote host rsh f01n03 date

FTP transfers files between the local host and the remote host ftpftp.sp.net.edu.cn

rcp copying files between the local host and the remote host RCP file1 host1:file2

Ping sends a response request to a network host ping hpc.sp.net.edu.cn

Mail Read and send email

Write sends a message to another user write username pts/1

MESG allow or deny receive messages MESG N

Korn shell command

Command name function Description Use example

History lists several recently executed commands and numbering history

R repeatedly executes a command that has recently been executed r-2

Alias defines aliases for a command del=rm-i

Unalias to cancel the definition of an alias Unalias del

Other commands

Command name function Description Use example

Uname displays information about the operating system uname-a

Clear clears the screen or window contents clear

ENV displays all currently set environment variables env

Who lists all users currently logged on who

WHOAMI Displays the user name that is currently being manipulated WhoAmI

TTY displays the name of the terminal or pseudo-terminal TTY

Stty display or reset the control key definition Stty-a

Du query disk usage du-k subdir
DF/TMP Displays the total and free space of the file system

W Displays the total information for the current system activity

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UNIX command Operations