UNIX Commands

How To Execute UNIX Commands: How to execute UNIX commands in a UNIX command shell, such as the Korn shell or the C shell.

UNIX Commands
Information Display Commands: Commands to display various status information such as the host name and current user.
Commands for Files and Directories: Commands to display various information on files and directories and to search directories for files.
Commands for Managing Processes: Commands to display information on processes, and control them.
Scheduling a Command: How to schedule a command to run at a future time.
alias command: Creating a command alias
cd command: Change to a different directory.
crontab command: Schedule a command to run automatically
pwd command: Display the current working directory
tail command: Display the end of a file
which command: Locate a file using the PATH.

Last updated Tuesday July 15, 2008

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