Common Unix commands

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

alias

create a command alias

bg

place a foreground process in the background

cancel

cancels a print job

cat

display a file

cd

change directory

chmod

change file permissions

compress

compress a file

cp

copy files or directories

diff

compare files or directories

enscript

print formatted output (font selection, 2-up, etc)

env

displays the values of environment variables

fg

bring a background job to the foreground

file

get information about a file

find

find a file

ftp

transfer files

grep

search the contents of a file

head

display the beginning of a file

history

display the command history

jobs

lists background jobs

ln

link files or directories

lp

print a file

lpacct

display printing account status

lplocal

display local printer information

lpstat

locate a job in the print queues

ls

list the files in a directory

mailname

look up email addresses

man

view the online manual

mkdir

create a directory

more

display a file

mpage

print multiple pages per sheet

mv

move (rename) a file

nquota

display current disk space usage

passwd

change password

printenv

displays the values of environment variables

printers

display a list of the available print queues

prman

print a man page

ps

display process information

pwd

print working directory

qacct

display accumulated records of all dnqs job

qdate

converts the dnqs jobid (number) to a date/time.

qrm

remove a dnqs job from the queue

qsub

submit a batch job to the Distributed Network Queuing System (dnqs)

qstat

show dnqs queue status including settings and limits

quser

displays records of dnqs jobs for the specified user

rkv

invoke file archive

rm

delete a file or directory

rmdir

delete a directory

sccsdiff

compare 2 versions of an sccs file

scp

copy files between hosts

script

record a terminal session to a file

sdiff

contrast two files

set

sets and displays the values of shell variables

sftp

copy files between hosts

setenv

set environment variables

sort

sort the content of a file

ssh

log in to remote hosts

tail

display the end of a file

umask

set default file permissions

unalias

removes a command alias definition from the current invocation of the shell

unset

unsets the value of a shell variable

unsetenv

unsets the value of an environment variable

whatis

check the description of a command

which

locate a command

xv

interactive image display and conversion