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Entering UNIX Commands

General information for entering UNIX commands in a command line terminal session, regardless of which shell is used.

UNIX Commands and Command Shells

How To Execute UNIX Commands
Various ways to execute commands depending on where the commands are located.
Use of "." (dot or period) in UNIX
How the . ("dot" or "period") is used in UNIX.
UNIX Commands and Command Shells
PATH environment variable
UNIX Files
Wildcards
Delimiters
Writing UNIX Shell Scripts
Information on writing UNIX Shell Scripts.
Managing Processes
How to display and manage processes.
Managing Jobs
How to submit jobs to run in the background and manage those jobs.

Using the UNIX Command Shells

Korn Shell
Additional information for the Korn shell.
C Shell
Additional information for the C shell.

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Last updated Tuesday July 15, 2008

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