Basic Unix Commands

Hi! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

Knowing basic Unix commands should allow you to navigate your Unix system, confirm current system status and manage files or directories.

Unix users

  • id - print user identity

Unix file operations

  • ls - list files and directories
  • cat - concatenate files and show contents to the standard output
  • cp
  • rm
  • mv

Unix directory management commands

  • cd - change directory
  • pwd - confirm current directory
  • ln - make links and symlinks to files and directories
  • mkdir - make new directory
  • rmdir - remove empty directories

Unix system status commands

  • uptime - find out how long the system has been up
  • who - find out who is logged into the system
  • uname - print Unix system information

Process management

  • ps
  • top - show tasks and system status

See also:

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Fark
  • Furl
  • Netscape
  • Reddit
  • Smarking
  • Spurl
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • YahooMyWeb