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Current directories | 
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.. | 
Parent directories | 
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apropos | 
List commands related to keywords
  apropos | 
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cat -b names.txt   | 
names.txt is displayed and all
  line except the blank lines are numbered. | 
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cat filename | 
To display the content of file | 
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cat -n names.txt | 
 names.txt is displayed and all line are
  numbered. | 
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cat names.txt | 
names.txt is displayed without
  line numbering. | 
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cat names.txt |more   | 
names.txt is displayed one screen
  at a time. | 
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cat>filename | 
To create new file | 
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cd  | 
Change directory  | 
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Chmod u+rwx | |
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cp | 
Copies  a file  | 
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Cyclical Process | 
Working with a shell is cyclical
  process. | 
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Device File  | 
A file type that is used to
  represent hardware type. | 
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Directory | 
A directory is simply a file that
  contains a table listing of files contained within it. | 
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Diskless Client     | 
Does not require the basic  UNIX operating system. | 
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File permission | 
Read (r) ,write(w) ,execute(x) it
  has value as 4 ,2,1 respectively. 
users(u),group(g),other(o),all(a)
  these are the users. | 
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Filesystem  Hierarchy Standard  
X'Open API | 
Define the location and names of
  critical system files and directories. 
Desined to standardize different versions of UNIX to make
  porting software products across version easier. | 
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ls  | 
List content of current directory | 
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Ls –f | 
Identify file  types. | 
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Ls -l  | 
It gives a details like drwx-r—r--
  1 owner group  
size time.. | 
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ls –l | 
Displays file details in long list. | 
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ls –la | 
Display hidden files. | 
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ls –r | 
Reverse file order. | 
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man | 
Display  onscreen help for a specific command | 
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mkdir | 
Make a  new directory  | 
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mv | 
Move or rename a file | 
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mv file1 file2 | 
To rename a file1 and as file2 | 
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Named Pipe | 
A file type that allows one UNIX
  process or program to communicate with another. | 
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Open Group | 
Created a list of features based
  on open standards that a distribution of UNIX must contain in order to carry
  UNIX stamp. | 
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Open System Foundation | 
Created a version of UNIX to
  compete against UNIX System V Release 4. | 
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POSIX | 
Define How system
  calls,interfaces, and libraries work with an operating system. | 
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pwd                                       | 
Present  working directory. | 
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Regular File | 
A file type made up of different
  type of data. | 
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rm | 
Remove a file  | 
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Rm -i file1 | 
To remove file1 in interective mode | 
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Rm -r file | 
Delete with its content | 
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rmdir | 
Remove an existing directory | 
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Server                     | 
All computer in a network connect
  to this computer. | 
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Symbolic link file | 
A file type that is similar to shortcut
  in windows. | 
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System V interface Definition | 
Specifies how an operating system
  needs to behave in order to be considered compliant with the standard. | 
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Who | 
Display all terminal information | 
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Who am I | 
User terminal information | 
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Windows client | 
Found in network that use a mixed
  operating system deployment. | 
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write username user1    | 
For one way communication .here
  the user1 is  that u want to connect
  with u. | 
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X terminal | 
Requires only the basic UNIX
  operating system. | 
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X windows | 
X windows system provides the
  Translation between applications and the graphical user environment and
  operating system and graphical user environment . | 
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