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When you have successfully created a telnet session to the
UCS workstations, you must know a list of commands in order
to navigate around. Any of the below commands my be typed
at the command line (dxx.ucs.louisiana.edu%). If you are operating
a workstation from campus, right click the mouse button click
Hosts and Terminal Console. This will bring
you to the command prompt.
For further information on any of the UNIX commands, type
man and then the command which you want information
on. (ex. man chmod).
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Command
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Option
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Explanation
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cd
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directory name
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changes from the current directory to
the home directory location. If you type a filename
after the command, it changes into that directory.(note
the file you change into must be visible when you do
the 'ls' command)
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pwd
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displays the current working directory
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ls
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-al
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lists files within a particular directory.
Used with the -al option, lists all files within a directory
as well as the size.
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chmod
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755
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changes the permissions of a file to
specify read, write, and execute privileges to others.
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mkdir directoryname
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creates a new directory and names it
directoryname
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cp filename otherfile
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creates a copy of the file filename
and names it otherfile
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finger
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displays information on the users who
are currently logged into the workstation
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whoami
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displays current username
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quota -v
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allows you to check how much memory
on the system you have used for your home directory
and for your mail. If your usage exceeds your quota,
you will have probems.
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elm
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starts Easy Little Mailer, a text-only
email application for sending and receiving University
email.
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more filename
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allow you to view the contents of the
text file filename.
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rm filename
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-rf
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removes the file filename. Use the -rf
to remove a directory. (rm -rf directory)
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