apropos [keyword] – locate commands in online reference manual by keyword
as -P [filename] – Assembly language compiler
cat [filename] – concatenate and display (similar to type in MS-DOS) files
cc [filename] – SUN C compiler
CC [filename] – SUN C++ compiler
cd [pathname] – change working directory (as in MS-DOS)
chgrp [group] [file]- change the group ownership of a file
chmod [mode] [file] – change permission mode of a file or directory
clear – clears the screen
cp [source] [destination] – copy files (use * as wildcard) from source to destination
date – display the system date
du -k display your disk usage per directory or file
emacs [filename] – GNU emacs editor
find [filename] -find files or directories by name or partial matches
finger [username]- display information about a user
ftp send files to/receive files from remote sites
g++ [filename] -GNU C++ compiler
gcc [filename] -GNU C compiler
grep [string] [file]- searches file for matching string
h -display recently entered commands
kill [process #] -send a terminate signal to process
logout -logout from the system
lpq -display the queue of printer jobs
lpr [filename] -send a job to the printer
lprm [job #] -cancel a print job on the printer queue
ls -list the contents of a directory (similar to dir in MS-DOS)
lynx -text based web browser
man [command name] -access to help on commands
mkdir [dir name] -create a directory (similar to mkdir in MS-DOS)
more [filename] -displays a file one screen length at a time
mv [source] [destination] -move or rename files from source to destination
passwd [username] -change your password
pc [filename] -Pascal compiler
pico -text editor
pine -menu driven mail program
ps -display the status of current processes
quota -v [username] -display allocated disk quota to user
rlogin [machine name] -remote login from one system to another
rm [file] -remove files (similar to delete in MS-DOS)
rmdir -remove directories (similar to rmdir in MS-DOS)
script -make typescript of a file name
talk [username] -talk to another user
telnet -interface to a remote system using telnet protocol
uncompress uncompress compressed file (usually with .Z extension)
unzip uncompress compressed file (usually with .zip extension)
users -display a list of users currently logged in
vi [filename] -visual display editor
w -display information about logged on users
whoami -display effective current user name

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