============================= Basic Unix/Linux Command List ============================= -IAN! idallen@idallen.ca This is a list of basic Unix/Linux command names used in this course and the week number in which they were first introduced and described. A missing week number means the command hasn't been formally introduced yet. All these command names have manual pages (though some of them are built-in to the shell and are described in the man page for the bash shell, e.g. exit is described deep inside in "man bash"). Keep a notebook with these command names in it; you will be required to learn and remember at least some of what each of these commands can do: 2 apropos (synonym for: man -k) 2 bash 3 cal (9 1752) 3 cat 3 cp 2 date 4 diff (-u) 3 du 2 echo (shell built-in and external) 2 exit (shell built-in) 3 file 3 find 2 grep (-v -w) 3 head (-5) 2 hostname 2 less 3 ls (-l) 2 man (-k) 2 more 3 mv 2 passwd 3 pwd (shell built-in and external) 3 rm 3 script 2 sleep (10) 4 slocate 3 sort (-n -u -r) 2 ssh (-l -p) 2 stty (erase '^H' or '^?') 3 tail (-5) 3 touch 4 uniq (-c) 1 vi, vim 4 w 2 wc 4 whereis 4 which 2 who