| start pgm where pgm is a program found in the
$PATH
start pgm (allocated in current dir.)
go to directory x
go back one directory
list a directory
display a textfile on the terminal
move or rename file x to file y
copy file x to file y
delete a file
make a directory
remove a directory
remove directory x and all its underlying files
Show free space on device x
view memory status (q to quit)
get a manual page about command x
view text file x
print something on the screen mainly used in scripts
similar to Norton Commander in DOS
to make a device usable to the system (CD-ROM,other HD)
umount to remove the device from being usable to the system
to shutdown. It will also power off if APM or ACPI is being used
to reboot the system
change file permissions
change file ownership
perform a detailed directory listing for file or directory x
make a symbolic link to x called y
find file y, begin the search from within directory x and print the
results to screen
to view all running processes
to terminate process x (x is PID from ps)
to kill the program called pgm
to force program pgm to restart - used in case configuration is changed
switch to terminal 1 - 7
to write boot information changes to disk
to start the XFree86 GUI |