Simple commands in Unix (Linux)

ls   -- list your files

mkdir -- makes a directory

cd DIR -- goes into a directory

cat > somefile              -- puts text lines into a flie
     CTRL-D

ls -l       -- long list, shows permissions, size, mod time, owner, group

cat somefile           -- shows contents of somefile

pwd -- print working directory

        shows full path          /mnt1/cs_faculty/rmmeyer/CSC310/COMPOSERS

cd ..   -- goes up one level

cd       -- goes home

wc somefile        -- word count        # of lines, words, bytes (=characters)

mv somefile poem   -- renames file  (move)

mv poem  SOMEDIR  -- moves to a directory

cp poem pussycat  -- copies the file

cmp poem pussycat -- compare files

rm poem -- deletes (removes) the file poem