Basic Unix Commands To Remember - 1

The basic commands used in the Unix shell are:

• cd (directoryname)
  (Changes directories to the one named. In Unix, you change directories one level at a time.)
• cd ..
  (Changes back up to the previous directory)
• pwd
  (Prints -- displays to the screen -- the "working" or current directory)
• ls
  (Lists the contents of the current directory to the screen)
• ls -l
  (Same as above, but it lists like the DOS DIR command with more information)
• mkdir
  (Make a directory -- same as DOS "md")
• rmdir
  (Remove a directory -- same as DOS "rd")
• cat
  ("Concatenate," or show a files contents to the screen -- same as DOS "type.")
• cp
  (Copy -- same as DOS "copy")
• mv
  (Rename [or "move"] a file -- same as DOS "ren")
• rm
  (Remove [or "delete"] a file -- same as DOS "del")
• logout
  (Terminates a Unix Shell session)
• |more
  (When entered at the end of a command such as "cat" or ls -l", this displays a page of text, then stops and waits for you to issue the command to go on)

Try also

man mv

less yourfile.m
more yourfile.m

locate 437