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<td>change the file permissions: | <td>change the file permissions: | ||
<p>Three numbers indicate the permissions for the owner, the group and the world.</p> | <p>Three numbers indicate the permissions for the owner, the group and the world.</p> | ||
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<dd type="1">1 - execute permission</dd> | <dd type="1">1 - execute permission</dd> | ||
<dd type="1">2 - write permission</dd> | <dd type="1">2 - write permission</dd> | ||
<dd type="1">4 - read permission</dd><p> | <dd type="1">4 - read permission</dd><p> | ||
</dl> | |||
You can add these permissions together, for example: | You can add these permissions together, for example: |
Revision as of 00:33, 9 September 2006
Some basic unix commands
Want more? Try the excellent tutorials at FreeEngineer.org, Mayo, UnixGeeks.org or Idaho state
Command | Meaning |
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man function | show the manual page for a function |
top | shows currently running processes - do not leave this running for more than 30sec (ctrl-c) |
ps | show the names of all running processes |
mkdir dir_name | create a sub-directory of the current directory |
rmdir dir_name | remove a directory. You must remove files in the directory first. |
cp source dest | copy a file or directory from source to dest |
rm file_name | remove a file (permanent!) |
chmod xxx file_name | change the file permissions:
Three numbers indicate the permissions for the owner, the group and the world.
You can add these permissions together, for example:
chmod 777 filename
chmod 744 filename
chmod 755 filename
chmod 700 filename
chmod -R will make these changes to all of the files in any sub-directories, as well. |
ls | list contents of current directory |
ls -l | list the contents of the directory (long form, showing sizes) |
ls dir_name | list the contents of the named directory |
cd dir_name | change to the named directory |
pwd | show the name of the current directory |
. | the current directory |
.. | the parent directory of this directory |
more file_name | print out the contents of the named (text) file |
df | show the free space on the present disk |
du | show the disk usage on the system |
* | unix wild card - matches all file names (except those beginning with '.')
e.g. rm * will remove all files from the current directory! <blink>You will absolutely never type 'rm *'. Ever.</blink> Always type something like "ls *" first to verify what such a wildcard will match |
xemacs file_name textedit file_name |
These are all text editors that are found commonly on unix systems. Most people seem to prefer xemacs, but each has its adherents. |
? | matches any single character |