CS 1005 - Introduction to Programming

Using Unix

These are the Unix commands that you will need to use most often:

To copy one file called "oldfile" and call the copy "newfile":
%cp oldfile newfile
To rename a file called "oldfile" as "newfile":
%mv oldfile newfile
To create a subdirectory called "newdir":
%mkdir newdir
To make "newdir" the current directory (change directory):
%cd newdir
To make your home directory the current directory:
%cd
To list the contents of the directory you are in:
%ls
To print a text file called "filename" on the monitor:
%more filename
To send a text file called "filename" to the printer:
%lpr filename

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