Basic Commands

The following basic commands are all issued from the osf1.gmu.edu prompt. You will need to press <Enter> at the end of each command.

man (topic) .............................................................................................Use the help manual
mkdir (dirname) .........................................................................................Create a directory
ls ............................................................................................................List directory contents
ls -lag ......................................................................................................With file permissions
cd (Pathname).......................................................................................... Change directories
cd .....................................................................................Return to next higher level directory
rmdir .............................................................................................................Delete a directory
pwd ........................................................................Display the name of the current directory
cp (oldname)........................................................................................ (newname) Copy a file
mv (filename)...................................................................................................... Rename a file
rm (filename).......................................................................................................... Delete a file
passwd ...............................................................................................Change your password
quota ....................................................................Display amount of space on your account
pico ..............................................................................................................use the pico editor

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Last Revised: March 22, 2007