Engineering Network Services - CSU

Unix Information

These commands allow you to manipulate and control the files and directories on a UNIX machine.

ls	Lists the files names in the current directory. Examples.
mv	Rename a file. Ex. *mv oldfile newfile* or *mv olddir newdir*
cp	Copy a file. Ex. *cp origFile newFile*
chmod	Change permissions on a file. Examples.
chown	Change the ownership of a file or directory. See File Examples.
chgrp	Change the group ownership of a file or directory. Examples.
cd	Change directory. Examples.
lpr	Print a file. Examples.
pwd	Print the directory path of your current location on the file system. Examples.
mkdir	Create a new directory. Ex. *mkdir newDir*
rmdir	Delete a directory. The directory must be empty for this command to work.
rm	Delete a file. Examples.
compress	Compress a file to a very small size. Puts a ".Z" extension on the file name.
gzip	Same as compress, but gets it even smaller. Puts a ".gz" extension on the file name
uncompress	Uncompress a file that was compressed using "compress"
gunzip	Same as uncompress, but for a file compressed using gzip.
tar	Package a group of files or directory into a single file. Examples.

This document last modified Monday March 01, 2010