This chapter is a quick reference to commands listed elsewhere in the document.
| file commands | |
| cp source destination | Copy the file from source to destination. |
| mv source destination | Move the file from source to destination. |
| cd [path] | Change the current directory to path. If path is not specified, change to home directory. |
| pwd | Print the working directory. |
| ls | List the files in the current directory. |
| less file | show the contents of file |
| help commands | |
| man command | Get help for command |
| apropos topic | List command dealing with topic |
| communication commands | |
| finger user@host | displays information about user on the machine host |
| who | lists users logged in to your machine |
| miscellaneous commands | |
| grep string file1 file2 ... | displays all the lines in file1 file2 ... that contain string |
| cal month year | display a calendar for the specified month and year |
| ispell file | check the spelling of a document |
| script file | send all screen I/O to file until exit is typed. |