clear - clear console. cd - change directory. ls - list directory contents. mv - move a file (also used to rename a file). cat - conCATonate text file to STDOUT. more|pg - conCATonate text file in console sized chunks. head - concatonate head (beginning) of text file to STDOUT. tail - concatonate tail (end) of text file to STDOUT. id - reports information about the user who invokes it. finger - reports information about users (.plan and .project) who - reports information about users logged in -u - time since last activity -T - Reports messages (+) to user's terminal or not (-) -q - Login IDs and a count of the logged-in users -i - "Who am I?" reports information on self su userid - "Switch User" (will default to root if no userid argument) du - reports information about disk usage (MB,KB,etc). ps - reports active processes. dircmp - examines the contents of two directories+subs bc - Basic Calculator dc - Desktop Calculator (uses RPN or Reverse Polish Notation) crypt ["key"]encryptfile from - list senders of mail write - write to another logged-in user as - assembler, specific to each machine architecture time - time a command crontab - maintain periodic tasks ld - the UNIX loader lint - check C source code nice - run a command at low priority nohup - run a command immune to hangups apropos - locate commands by keyword lookup whatis - describe what a command is whereis - locate source, binary, or man page for a program cmp - compare two files diff - compare the contents of two ASCII files file - determine file type uniq - report (or delete) repeated lines in a file wc - count lines, words, and characters in a file fold - fold long lines to fit output device script - make typescript of terminal session ^y - suspend process at next input request ^z - suspend current process manpath - show search path for man pages printenv - print out environment diction - identify wordy sentences diffmk - mark differences between files explain - explain phrases found by diction program hyphen - find hyphenated words ispell - check spelling interactively ndx - create a subject-page index for a document spell - find spelling errors style - analyze surface characteristics of a document #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- cal - Print Calendar to STDOUT % cal 1999 - 12 Month Calendar % cal 9 1752 - Calendar for September 1752 (take a look at missing days) #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- < redirect input > redirect output 0> redirect input 1> redirect output 2> redirect error output 3> redirect ~ (if you how file is used)