The UNIX Commands You Need to Know ---------------------------------- Project 0 ---------- Commands What it does -------- ------------ ls Lists contents of directory cd Changes current "working" directory mv Moves a file cp Copies file rm Removes file pwd Prints working directory mkdir Makes directory rmdir Removes directory cat Prints one or more file to screen more Allows viewing of a file, one screenful at a time logout Logs out -------------------------------------- chfn Change finger information passwd Change password finger Gets finger information -------------------------------------- emacs The text editor used in CMSC 106 cc The C compiler used in CMSC 106 You are most responsible for the first 10 commands (there are 11, but logout is straight-forward). The second group of commands aren't nearly as important, except you need to use them in Project 0. The last commands aren't part of UNIX per se, but you use them frequently. Also, you need to know -- output redirection operators > and >& -- what standard output and standard error are