Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Wright State University
4 Credit Hours, Summer Qtr 1999, Wright State U
Instructor: Dr Prabhaker Mateti, Associate Professor
Office Hrs: 15:00-16:00 M W at 449 Russ, or by appointment
pmateti@cs.wright.edu (937) 775 5114
| Cmd | Description |
| bash | Bourne-Again Shell |
| cat | concatenates files |
| gcc | C compiler, see also g++ |
| cd | changes directories |
| chmod | changes the permission on a file |
| cmp | compares two files |
| cp | copies file |
| date | returns the date and time |
| diff | display line-by-line differences between two text files |
| echo | echoes arguments to stdout |
| emacs | the all-powerful text/binary editor; try xemacs also |
| env | lists the current environment variables |
| find | finds a file |
| grep | searches for a pattern within a file; see also fgrep |
| kill | stops a running process |
| ln | creates a link between two files |
| lpr | copies the file to the line printer |
| ls | lists the files in a directory; try ls -lisa |
| lynx | WWW/News/Mail browser; try lynx news:wright.ceg.433 |
| make | maintain, update, and regenerate related programs and files |
| man | show reference manual pages; try man -k |
| mkdir | makes directory |
| more | displays a data file to the screen |
| mv | used to move or rename files |
| yppasswd | changes your password |
| ps | Lists the current processes running |
| pwd | displays the name of the working directory |
| rm | removes files |
| rmdir | removes directories |
| script | Makes a transcript of terminal session |
| set | lists all the variables in the current shell |
| sort | sorts files |
| spell | checks for spelling errors in a file |
| split | divides a file |
| stty | sets the terminal options |
| tail | displays the end of a file |
| tar | copies all specified files into one |
| umask | specify a new creation mask |
| uniq | generates unique lines from two files |
| vi | screen-oriented (visual) display editor |
| wc | word count, also line and char count |
| who | info on other people online |
| w | who is on the system, and what they are doing |
| xxgdb | GUI interface to gdb source code debugger |