Simple Unix Commands

To help you get started:

ls

list files in current directory

more filename

list contents of filename

rm filename

delete filename

pwd

print working directory

mkdir directoryname

create directoryname in current directory

cd directory

change to directory

cp oldname newname

create newname which is a copy of oldname

vi filename

run the vi editor

man cp

manual entry for cp

Note: these commands are in lower case.

Demo now (useful for Lab)