Unix Tutorial
Unix is available for use in the Sun workstations in 1307 as well as on the compute or login servers .
When using X11 forwarding or the workstations locally, Unix provides a graphical interface for the user. However, basic knowledge of Unix is needed for some operations which are not available in a graphical program, or for when connecting remotely to a machine using ssh .
Basic Commands
| Action | Unix Command |
|---|---|
| Read the manual for a command | man command |
| List files in a directory | ls -al |
| Copy a file | cp sourcefile desinationfile |
| Display all of a file | cat filename |
| Scroll through a file | more filename |
| Move/rename a file | mv oldname newname |
| Delete a file | rm filename |
| Combine files | cat file1 file2 > outfile |
| Compare files | diff -u file1 file2 |
| Show current directory | pwd |
| Make a directory | mkdir dirname |
| Change to a directory | cd dirname |
| Change to parent directory | cd .. |
Some additional commands and information are listed below.
Printing
lp or lpr -Pprintername filename
Programing
See the software page for SunStudio