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Home > Help Files > Unix > Basics
Basic UNIX CommandsLook in a printed manual if you can for general help. You should have someone show you some things and then read one of the tutorial papers (e.g. "UNIX for Beginners" or "An Introduction to the C Shell") to get started. A useful commang in unix is the man command (short for manual): man -k keyword lists commands relevant to keyword man command prints out the manual for a commandYou could find programs about mail by the command: man -k mail And print out the mail command documentation via: man mail Other basic commands are: cat - concatenates files (just prints them out to screen) pico - text editor finger - user information lookup program ls - list contents of directory mail - send and receive mail msgs - system messages and junk mail program passwd - change login password who - who is on the systemYou can logout by typing a control-d (if your prompt is $) or by typing "logout" if your prompt is %. For more information about more basic Unix commands, refer to the Quick referenece sheet |
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